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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

I kept up my shiftless poking about the place, wandering up and down from time to time by the longbeds.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

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