Thesaurus: shiftless

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1. 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.
2. adj. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative
3. 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.
4. Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients;characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one'sown support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy;improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftlessmanagement.-- Shift"less*ly, adv.-- Shift"less*ness, n.
5. j:100 s. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy