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1. (adj.) shiftless
lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient.
2. shiftless
lazy.
Etymology: (1555–65)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) shiftless
lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy
"a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"
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1. (adj) shiftless
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
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Sense: inefficient, lazy, or without a set purpose
He's rather shiftless; – he's had four jobs in six months.
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 Afrikaans: doelloos |
 Arabic: عَديم الحيلَه |
 Bulgarian: некадърен |
 Brazilian: indolente |
 Czech: neschopný, líný |
 German: unbeholfen |
 Danish: uduelig |
 Greek: νωθρός, ανίκανος, που δεν |
 Spanish: perezoso |
 Estonian: saamatu |
 Farsi: بي دست وپا |
 Finnish: saamaton |
 French: fainéant |
 Hebrew: חֲסַר תוּשִייָה |
 Hindi: असमर्थ, निरुपाय |
 Croatian: lijen, nesnalažljiv |
 Hungarian: élhetetlen |
 Indonesian: tidak mantap |
 Icelandic: latur, duglaus |
 Italian: incapace |
 Japanese: どうしようもない |
 Korean: 주변 없는 |
 Lithuanian: ištižęs, tingus |
 Latvian: kūtrs; slinks |
 Malay: malas |
 Dutch: doelloos |
 Norwegian: udugelig, lat, ustadig |
 Polish: gnuśny, opieszały |
 Persian: بي دست وپا |
 Pashto: لټې، بې لاس اوپښې توب |
 Portuguese: indolente |
 Romanian: leneş |
 Russian: бестолковый; ленивый |
 Slovak: nešikovný; bezradný |
 Slovenian: nesposoben |
 Serbian: lenj |
 Swedish: opraktisk, oduglig, lat |
 Thai: ซึ่งไม่เต็มใจทำ |
 Turkish: beceriksiz |
 Taiwanese: 怠惰的，得過且過的 |
 Ukrainian: невмілий, безпорадний |
 Urdu: ٹھس، بے ترتیب |
 Vietnamese: lười, đụt |
 Chinese: 怠惰的，得过且过的 |
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