| 单词 | shiftlessness |
| 释义 | shiftlessness (once / 35282 pages) n WORD FAMILY shiftless: shiftlesser, shiftlessly, shiftlessness+/shift: shifted, shifter, shifting, shiftless, shifts, shifty/shifter: shifters/shifting: shiftingly, shiftings/shifty: shiftier, shiftiest, shiftily, shiftiness USAGE EXAMPLESLast Man on Earth works subtly and seamlessly as a critique of a certain kind of contemporary shiftlessness. Slate(Feb 26, 2015) Myrtle raised her eyebrows in despair at the shiftlessness of the lower orders. F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby(1925) It will not do to impute the latter entirely to the natural shiftlessness of the Irish people, as if they would rather beg than work. Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn), From the Lakes of Killarney to the...(2012) n a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition Hyper indolence, laziness inactivity resulting from a dislike of work |
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