Shiftlessness
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Shiftless character or condition; lack of resource; inability to devise or use suitable expedients or measures; slackness; inefficiency; improvidence.
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noun.
The property of being
shiftless
.
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noun.
a failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition
Word Usage
"The word shiftlessness or shiftless appears nowhere in my book."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
indolence
laziness
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
abjectness
dishonesty
effeminacy
equivoque
faithlessness
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
dilatoriness
do-nothingness
ergophobia
faineancy
faineantise