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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy;
- Example: "a shiftless student"
- Example: "studied in a shiftless way"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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 shiftless fellow;
   shiftless management. -- Shift"less*ly, adv. --
   Shift"less*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shiftless
    adj 1: lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or
           initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a
           shiftless way"