Definition of "shiftless" [shift•less]

• Lacking ambition or purpose; lazy: a shiftless student. (adjective)
• Characterized by a lack of ambition or energy: studied in a shiftless way. (adjective)
• Lacking resourcefulness or efficiency; incompetent. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Then comes Sol Hyde, whom they call the shiftless one, but swift and cunning, and much to be dreaded."
• "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 magnesium at that moment ironing in the laundry.."