shiftless

IPA: ʃˈɪftɫɪs

adjective

  • Lazy, unmotivated.
  • Untrustworthy as a result of being incompetent at the job.
  • Destitute of shifts or expedients; lacking proper means.
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Examples of "shiftless" in Sentences

  • Then comes Sol Hyde, whom they call the shiftless one, but swift and cunning, and much to be dreaded.
  • Of old he had been known as a shiftless and harddrinking mountaineer with a sour farm that was plastered with mortgages.
  • It was one of the greatest griefs in the life of Solomon Hyde, called the shiftless one, that he was compelled to yield to Henry's advice.
  • It proved that this Dennis Shea was a harmless, amiable fellow, of the class known as shiftless, who had scaled his fate by marrying a dumb wife, who was at that moment ironing in the laundry.
  • It proved that this Dennis Shea was a harmless, amiable fellow, of the class known as shiftless, who had sealed his fate by marrying a dumb wife, who was at that moment ironing in the laundry.
  • Indeed, being of that type which is called shiftless, he was only too happy to be told daily what to do, and to be charged not to be forthputting or in any way original in his discharge of that duty.
  • It proved that this Dennis Shea was a harmless, amiable fellow, of the class known as shiftless, who had sealed his fate by marrying a dumb wife, who was tramadol at that moment ironing in the laundry..
  • It proved that this Dennis Shea was a harmless, amiable fellow, of the class known as shiftless, who had sealed his fate by marrying a dumb wife, who was flexeril at that moment ironing in the laundry..
  • It proved that this Dennis Shea was a harmless, amiable fellow, of the class known as shiftless, who had sealed his fate by marrying a dumb wife, who was meclizine at that moment ironing in the laundry..
  • It proved that this Dennis Shea was a harmless, amiable fellow, of the class known as shiftless, who had sealed his fate by marrying a dumb wife, who was magnesium at that moment ironing in the laundry..

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