单词 | shiftless |
释义 | shiftless (once / 4852 pages) adj WORD FAMILY shiftless: shiftlesser, shiftlessly, shiftlessness+/shift: shifted, shifter, shifting, shiftless, shifts, shifty/shifter: shifters/shifting: shiftingly, shiftings/shifty: shiftier, shiftiest, shiftily, shiftiness USAGE EXAMPLESTourists, shoppers, the shiftless caught midday in their travels looked elsewhere. New York Times(Nov 16, 2016) Plato, one of the earliest to see democracy as a problem, saw its typical citizen as shiftless and flighty: The New Yorker(Oct 31, 2016) I see a black person, I know they are shiftless and lazy.’ Washington Times(Oct 05, 2016) adj lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy a shiftless student studied in a shiftless way Syn ambitionless, unambitious having little desire for success or achievement |
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