shiftless
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Synonyms & Antonyms for shiftless
Synonyms
idle, indolent, lazy, slothful
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Examples of shiftless in a Sentence
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Stereotypes of unemployed, shiftless man-children playing X-Box in their parentsâ basement arenât really borne out by the data. — Matt Levin, The Mercury News, "Nearly 40% of young adult Californians live with their parents. Hereâs everything to know about them," 27 Aug. 2019 Among them was Boy (2010), a poignant coming-of-age dramedy about a kid whose obsession with Michael Jackson offers him an escape from dealing with his shiftless father. — Aja Romano, Vox, "Michael Jacksonâs âThrillerâ is the eternal Halloween bop â and so much more," 31 Oct. 2018 Last year, Buffalo Wild Wings expressed concern about millennials, and what those shiftless kids could do to the chicken-wing-and-plasma-screen trade. — Jason Gay, WSJ, "The Life-Changing Magic of Chicken Wings and Sports Betting," 13 Aug. 2018 Or the shiftless pool man whose slide into despair seems to parallel the fires and mudslides that are chewing up the hills around him. — Steve Marble, latimes.com, "Joe Frank, who pushed the boundaries of radio storytelling, dies at 79," 24 Jan. 2018 This project has portrayed social housing as a repository for the idle and shiftless, meaning that the grievances of tenants, like those in Grenfell Tower, can be dismissed as grumbles of entitlement. — Krista Stevens, Longreads, "Grenfell Tower: London, Englandâs âKatrina Momentâ," 24 Aug. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'shiftless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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