shiftless

shiftless is a 9-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 15 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management.
2. adjective. lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy

   "a shiftless student"

   "studied in a shiftless way"

Common word forms

shiftlessly, shiftlessness

Words from these letters

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