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shiftless |
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]: shiftless adj : lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"
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