shiftlessness
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shiftlessness — shiftless ► ADJECTIVE ▪ lazy, indolent, and lacking ambition. DERIVATIVES shiftlessness noun … English terms dictionary
Shiftlessness — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
shiftlessness — noun see shiftless … New Collegiate Dictionary
shiftlessness — See shiftlessly. * * * … Universalium
shiftlessness — noun The property of being shiftless … Wiktionary
shiftlessness — Synonyms and related words: dilatoriness, do nothingness, ergophobia, faineancy, faineantise, fecklessness, hastiness, heedlessness, hoboism, improvidence, indolence, inertia, inexertion, laggardness, lax stewardship, laziness, lotus eating,… … Moby Thesaurus
shiftlessness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or state of being lazy: idleness, indolence, laziness, sloth, slothfulness, slug gardness, sluggishness. Informal: do nothingism. See INDUSTRIOUS … English dictionary for students
shiftlessness — n. laziness, slothfulness, lack of ambition; lack of resourcefulness, lack of initiative … English contemporary dictionary
shiftlessness — shift·less·ness … English syllables
shiftlessness — noun a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition • Derivationally related forms: ↑shiftless • Hypernyms: ↑indolence, ↑laziness … Useful english dictionary
