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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. Source: opted
2. adj. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative Source: wordnet
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. Source: webster
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. Source: adambom
5. j:100 s. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy Source: ecdict

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expedients failure characterized shift lazy less destitute fellow hence improvident incapacity negligence provide successful support thriftless ambition initiative lack lacking management ness

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