'Shiftless' definitions:
Definition of 'shiftless'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"
Definition of 'Shiftless'
From: GCIDE
- Shiftless \Shift"less\, a. Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management. -- {Shift"less*ly}, adv. -- {Shift"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'shiftless'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aimless,
- bone-lazy,
- cadging,
- dilatory,
- do-nothing,
- doless,
- dronish,
- drony,
- easy,
- ergophobic,
- faineant,
- feckless,
- good-for-nothing,
- grasshopper,
- happy-go-lucky,
- heedless,
- idle,
- improvident,
- indolent,
- ineffective,
- irresponsible,
- lackadaisical,
- laggard,
- lax,
- lazy,
- negligent,
- nonaggressive,
- otiose,
- parasitic,
- pococurante,
- procrastinative,
- remiss,
- scrounging,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- sponging,
- thoughtless,
- thriftless,
- unambitious,
- uncaring,
- uneconomical,
- unenterprising,
- uninspired,
- unmotivated,
- unproviding,
- unthrifty,
- work-shy