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shiftless

adj

Etymology

From shift + -less.

  1. derived from *skey-✻ — “to cut, divide, separate, part”
  2. derived from *skeyb-✻ — “to separate, divide, part”
  3. inherited from *skiftijaną✻
  4. inherited from sċiftan — “to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”
  5. inherited from schiften
  6. inherited from schyft
  7. suffixed as shiftless — “shift + less”

Definitions

  1. Lazy, unmotivated.

    • To expand, without bothering about it—without shiftless timidity on one side, or loquacious eagerness on the other—to the full compass of what he would have called a "pleasant" experience, was Newman's most definite programme of life.

  2. Untrustworthy as a result of being incompetent at the job.

  3. Destitute of shifts or expedients

    Destitute of shifts or expedients; lacking proper means.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA