Definition of Shiftlessness

1. Noun. A failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition.

Generic synonyms: Indolence, Laziness
Derivative terms: Shiftless

Definition of Shiftlessness

1. Noun. The property of being shiftless. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Shiftlessness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shiftlessness

shiftier
shiftiest
shiftily
shiftiness
shiftinesses
shifting
shifting cultivation
shifting dullness
shifting executory interest
shifting executory interests
shifting pacemaker
shiftingly
shiftings
shiftless
shiftlessly
shiftlessness
shiftlessnesses
shiftlike
shiftmate
shiftmates
shifts
shiftwork
shifty
shiftyness
shigaite
shigella
shigella boydii
shigella dysenteriae
shigella flexneri
shigella sonnei

Literary usage of Shiftlessness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird (1894)
"LETTEE V. A Dateless Day—"Those hands of yours"—A Puritan—Persevering Shiftlessness—The House-Mother—Family Worship—A Grim Sunday—A " Thick-skulled ..."

2. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella Lucy Bird (1886)
"LETTER Y. 1 Dateless Day—" Those hands of yours "—A Puritan—Persevering Shiftlessness—The House-Mother—Family Worship—A Grim ..."

3. Labrador: A Sketch of Its Peoples, Its Industries and Its Natural History by Winfrid Alden Stearns (1884)
"Dinner off fresh meat — Credit and shiftlessness — A Labrador snowstorm — Wind — Preparing for storm — Storming hard — Firewood — Storm increases— Sleepless ..."

4. Labrador: A Sketch of Its Peoples, Its Industries and Its Natural History by Winfrid Alden Stearns (1884)
"Dinner off fresh meat — Credit and shiftlessness — A Labrador snowstorm — Wind — Preparing for storm — Storming hard — Firewood — Storm increases— Sleepless ..."

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