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