Definition of shiftless in English:

shiftless

adjective ˈʃɪftləsˈʃɪf(t)ləs

Characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition.
懒惰的；懒散的；缺乏抱负的
a shiftless lot of good-for-nothings
一群懒散无用的人。
Example sentencesExamples
- You live your life as a shiftless and lazy slob, forever waiting to hear the news of your aged relative's demise so you can board the gravy train that you feel is your entitlement.
- She tells him about where she was born and how her parents are shiftless and lazy.
- If you knew how to take care of people, you could transform 10,000 lazy, shiftless souls into 10,000 eager-to-work-for-you people.
- The ‘white trash’ label perpetuates the idea that poor or working class whites are lazy, shiftless and dumb-witted.
- A ‘scobie’ means either a shiftless young person or a wild duck that bites.
- The welfare mother is considered to be lazy and shiftless, shunning work while collecting welfare and passing on bad values to her children.
- Anyone who believes that unions serve a function in this day and age is a lazy, good-for-nothing, shiftless shirker.
- ‘I think immigrants think we're lazy, shiftless, good-for-nothing,’ she says.
- They hid in saloons, spun lies, spied on people, made less than the corner grocer, and were generally shiftless, lazy bums.
- I could have said her son the no good, lazy, shiftless shyster but I'm in a mood to be nice today.
- Which is ironic when a lot of the problem for government in getting shiftless bastards to vote right now is getting them to go down to polling stations in, er, libraries.
- Those moving away were sometimes dismissed as a shiftless lot who could not live up to the small-town virtues of constancy and forbearance.
- You can't be a shiftless immigrant for the rest of your days, chico.
- Nor are poor whites stereotyped as lazy, shiftless, dangerous, the way poor Blacks are.
- The first part of this debate occurs between the engineer and a feisty middle-aged woman who runs the local cafe, the second between this hardworking woman and her shiftless husband.
- The status of the disabled, in his view, is either ambiguous or closer to that of the shiftless and incompetent than to that of the ambitious.
- Just as before, the would-be dominators try to convince us that it is necessary to apply a firm hand to the benefit of a shiftless character.
- These are greedy, shiftless and lazy people who only use and abuse the soil.
- We believe that if we work less and play more, we'll appear shiftless and lazy.
- This data exposes as a fallacy the belief that most teens are somehow lazy, shiftless or just uninterested in work.
Synonyms
lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, lethargic, lackadaisical
spiritless, apathetic, improvident, aimless, worthless, feckless, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well
inefficient, incompetent, inept, unambitious, unenterprising

Derivatives

shiftlessly

adverbˈʃɪftləsliˈʃɪf(t)ləsli

I've come to the realization that I more or less float shiftlessly from one idea or desire to the next.
Example sentencesExamples
- As a mid-level bureaucrat in the provincial civil service, ‘I was aimlessly and shiftlessly moving along in my life working for the province,’ he recalls.
- His characters tend to be laid back and fairly at ease, meandering shiftlessly and still accomplishing something.
- I also mentioned how much fun it would be to gut James, who was lounging shiftlessly in the corner, within earshot.

shiftlessness

nounˈʃɪftləsnəsˈʃɪf(t)ləsnəs

So our nation, through shiftlessness and lack of interest, is losing the war on cancer.
Example sentencesExamples
- There have been suicides passed off as accidents and shiftlessness indulgently termed wanderlust.
- She later fears John, her son, will inherit the shiftlessness of the now absent Mike.
- Years of shiftlessness and bad behavior can be squandered by a single misstep.
- When he was still in his 20s, a steady descent into corpulence, shiftlessness and defensive irony began.

Definition of shiftless in US English:

shiftless

adjectiveˈSHif(t)ləsˈʃɪf(t)ləs

(of a person or action) characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition.
懒惰的；懒散的；缺乏抱负的
a shiftless lot of good-for-nothings
一群懒散无用的人。
Example sentencesExamples
- A ‘scobie’ means either a shiftless young person or a wild duck that bites.
- You can't be a shiftless immigrant for the rest of your days, chico.
- The status of the disabled, in his view, is either ambiguous or closer to that of the shiftless and incompetent than to that of the ambitious.
- I could have said her son the no good, lazy, shiftless shyster but I'm in a mood to be nice today.
- This data exposes as a fallacy the belief that most teens are somehow lazy, shiftless or just uninterested in work.
- ‘I think immigrants think we're lazy, shiftless, good-for-nothing,’ she says.
- We believe that if we work less and play more, we'll appear shiftless and lazy.
- Nor are poor whites stereotyped as lazy, shiftless, dangerous, the way poor Blacks are.
- The welfare mother is considered to be lazy and shiftless, shunning work while collecting welfare and passing on bad values to her children.
- You live your life as a shiftless and lazy slob, forever waiting to hear the news of your aged relative's demise so you can board the gravy train that you feel is your entitlement.
- Which is ironic when a lot of the problem for government in getting shiftless bastards to vote right now is getting them to go down to polling stations in, er, libraries.
- These are greedy, shiftless and lazy people who only use and abuse the soil.
- If you knew how to take care of people, you could transform 10,000 lazy, shiftless souls into 10,000 eager-to-work-for-you people.
- They hid in saloons, spun lies, spied on people, made less than the corner grocer, and were generally shiftless, lazy bums.
- She tells him about where she was born and how her parents are shiftless and lazy.
- Those moving away were sometimes dismissed as a shiftless lot who could not live up to the small-town virtues of constancy and forbearance.
- Just as before, the would-be dominators try to convince us that it is necessary to apply a firm hand to the benefit of a shiftless character.
- The first part of this debate occurs between the engineer and a feisty middle-aged woman who runs the local cafe, the second between this hardworking woman and her shiftless husband.
- The ‘white trash’ label perpetuates the idea that poor or working class whites are lazy, shiftless and dumb-witted.
- Anyone who believes that unions serve a function in this day and age is a lazy, good-for-nothing, shiftless shirker.
Synonyms
lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, lethargic, lackadaisical

词汇	shiftless
释义	Definition of shiftless in English: shiftless adjective ˈʃɪftləsˈʃɪf(t)ləs Characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition. 懒惰的；懒散的；缺乏抱负的 a shiftless lot of good-for-nothings 一群懒散无用的人。 Example sentencesExamples You live your life as a shiftless and lazy slob, forever waiting to hear the news of your aged relative's demise so you can board the gravy train that you feel is your entitlement. She tells him about where she was born and how her parents are shiftless and lazy. If you knew how to take care of people, you could transform 10,000 lazy, shiftless souls into 10,000 eager-to-work-for-you people. The ‘white trash’ label perpetuates the idea that poor or working class whites are lazy, shiftless and dumb-witted. A ‘scobie’ means either a shiftless young person or a wild duck that bites. The welfare mother is considered to be lazy and shiftless, shunning work while collecting welfare and passing on bad values to her children. Anyone who believes that unions serve a function in this day and age is a lazy, good-for-nothing, shiftless shirker. ‘I think immigrants think we're lazy, shiftless, good-for-nothing,’ she says. They hid in saloons, spun lies, spied on people, made less than the corner grocer, and were generally shiftless, lazy bums. I could have said her son the no good, lazy, shiftless shyster but I'm in a mood to be nice today. Which is ironic when a lot of the problem for government in getting shiftless bastards to vote right now is getting them to go down to polling stations in, er, libraries. Those moving away were sometimes dismissed as a shiftless lot who could not live up to the small-town virtues of constancy and forbearance. You can't be a shiftless immigrant for the rest of your days, chico. Nor are poor whites stereotyped as lazy, shiftless, dangerous, the way poor Blacks are. The first part of this debate occurs between the engineer and a feisty middle-aged woman who runs the local cafe, the second between this hardworking woman and her shiftless husband. The status of the disabled, in his view, is either ambiguous or closer to that of the shiftless and incompetent than to that of the ambitious. Just as before, the would-be dominators try to convince us that it is necessary to apply a firm hand to the benefit of a shiftless character. These are greedy, shiftless and lazy people who only use and abuse the soil. We believe that if we work less and play more, we'll appear shiftless and lazy. This data exposes as a fallacy the belief that most teens are somehow lazy, shiftless or just uninterested in work. Synonyms lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, lethargic, lackadaisical spiritless, apathetic, improvident, aimless, worthless, feckless, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well inefficient, incompetent, inept, unambitious, unenterprising Derivatives shiftlessly adverbˈʃɪftləsliˈʃɪf(t)ləsli I've come to the realization that I more or less float shiftlessly from one idea or desire to the next. Example sentencesExamples As a mid-level bureaucrat in the provincial civil service, ‘I was aimlessly and shiftlessly moving along in my life working for the province,’ he recalls. His characters tend to be laid back and fairly at ease, meandering shiftlessly and still accomplishing something. I also mentioned how much fun it would be to gut James, who was lounging shiftlessly in the corner, within earshot. shiftlessness nounˈʃɪftləsnəsˈʃɪf(t)ləsnəs So our nation, through shiftlessness and lack of interest, is losing the war on cancer. Example sentencesExamples There have been suicides passed off as accidents and shiftlessness indulgently termed wanderlust. She later fears John, her son, will inherit the shiftlessness of the now absent Mike. Years of shiftlessness and bad behavior can be squandered by a single misstep. When he was still in his 20s, a steady descent into corpulence, shiftlessness and defensive irony began. Definition of shiftless in US English: shiftless adjectiveˈSHif(t)ləsˈʃɪf(t)ləs (of a person or action) characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition. 懒惰的；懒散的；缺乏抱负的 a shiftless lot of good-for-nothings 一群懒散无用的人。 Example sentencesExamples A ‘scobie’ means either a shiftless young person or a wild duck that bites. You can't be a shiftless immigrant for the rest of your days, chico. The status of the disabled, in his view, is either ambiguous or closer to that of the shiftless and incompetent than to that of the ambitious. I could have said her son the no good, lazy, shiftless shyster but I'm in a mood to be nice today. This data exposes as a fallacy the belief that most teens are somehow lazy, shiftless or just uninterested in work. ‘I think immigrants think we're lazy, shiftless, good-for-nothing,’ she says. We believe that if we work less and play more, we'll appear shiftless and lazy. Nor are poor whites stereotyped as lazy, shiftless, dangerous, the way poor Blacks are. The welfare mother is considered to be lazy and shiftless, shunning work while collecting welfare and passing on bad values to her children. You live your life as a shiftless and lazy slob, forever waiting to hear the news of your aged relative's demise so you can board the gravy train that you feel is your entitlement. Which is ironic when a lot of the problem for government in getting shiftless bastards to vote right now is getting them to go down to polling stations in, er, libraries. These are greedy, shiftless and lazy people who only use and abuse the soil. If you knew how to take care of people, you could transform 10,000 lazy, shiftless souls into 10,000 eager-to-work-for-you people. They hid in saloons, spun lies, spied on people, made less than the corner grocer, and were generally shiftless, lazy bums. She tells him about where she was born and how her parents are shiftless and lazy. Those moving away were sometimes dismissed as a shiftless lot who could not live up to the small-town virtues of constancy and forbearance. Just as before, the would-be dominators try to convince us that it is necessary to apply a firm hand to the benefit of a shiftless character. The first part of this debate occurs between the engineer and a feisty middle-aged woman who runs the local cafe, the second between this hardworking woman and her shiftless husband. The ‘white trash’ label perpetuates the idea that poor or working class whites are lazy, shiftless and dumb-witted. Anyone who believes that unions serve a function in this day and age is a lazy, good-for-nothing, shiftless shirker. Synonyms lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, lethargic, lackadaisical
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