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Definitions

shiftless

[shift-lis] / ˈʃɪft lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
lazy
Synonyms
WEAK
apathetic dallying directionless good-for-nothing idle inattentive incompetent indolent lackadaisical laggard lagging lethargic lifeless loafing procrastinating slack slothful unambitious unenergetic unindustrious unmotivated

Example Sentences

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Or the shiftless hack who hated his profession?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2021

Colm Meaney plays a shiftless guy in late-80s Ireland who is reasonably happy on welfare but has a Damascene conversion to entrepreneurialism.

From The Guardian • Apr. 16, 2020

How can I stop people from calling me a shiftless Loser?

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2019

I prefer to watch it on my own shiftless terms.

From Slate • Feb. 4, 2016

How can you linger on this island, aimless and shiftless, while your people waste away?’

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.