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A failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
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shiftlessness
Word definitions for shiftlessness in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being shiftless.
Usage examples of shiftlessness.
The same leathery old face with the wind and weather wrinkles in it, the same shaggy brows shielding deep-sunk eyes, the same scraggly crop of whiskers, the same sense of forgotten shiftlessness and driven stubbornness.
It accounted for the change from the happy-go-lucky shiftlessness to the beaten and defeated and driven attitude.