Synonyms for shiftless


Grammar : Adj
Spell : shift-lis
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʃɪft lɪs

Top 10 synonyms for shiftless Other synonyms for the word shiftless

Définition of shiftless

Origin :
  • "wanting in resources or energy and ability to shift for oneself," 1580s, from shift (n.1) in the sense "resources" + -less. Related: Shiftlessly; shiftlessness.
  • adj lazy
Example sentences :
  • You're about the laziest and most shiftless man I ever came across.
  • Extract from : « Paul Prescott's Charge » by Horatio Alger
  • Was she condemned to be altogether useless, shiftless, unprofitable?
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • Abner Dexter, on the other hand, was good-looking and shiftless.
  • Extract from : « The Grammar School Boys of Gridley » by H. Irving Hancock
  • But to have no time, no place, no order,—all going on in this shiftless way!
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
  • The village life abounds with jokers, Shiftless, conscienceless and shrewd.
  • Extract from : « Prairie Folks » by Hamlin Garland
  • Am I responsible for those too shiftless to fend for themselves?
  • Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
  • Who has not noticed the power of love in an awkward, crabbed, shiftless, lazy man?
  • Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden
  • If we are idle and shiftless by choice, we shall be nerveless and powerless by necessity.
  • Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden
  • Paul, the shiftless one, the silent one, and Long Jim were there.
  • Extract from : « The Eyes of the Woods » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • As for the Cranes—well, they were lazy and shiftless, for the most part.
  • Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1909 to 1922 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
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