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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  shiftlessness 
  n  :  a  failure  to  be  active  as  a  consequence  of  lack  of 
  initiative  or  ambition 




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