shiftless
Use Shiftless in a sentence
lɪs adjective
1.
lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
2.
lacking in incentive, ambition, or aspiration.
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shiftless (ˈʃɪftlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| lacking in ambition or initiative | |
| 'shiftlessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'shiftlessness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
Investigation failed to disclose who was to blame for the shiftless work that baa been done.
We mean the rowdy and shiftless element that might drift among us.
Out of such impressions sprang the myth of a romantic mission past contrasted with a squalid and shiftless present.
From some of the new arrivals comes the retort that the natives are shiftless and obsessed with past injustices.
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