shiftless

/ʃˈɪftləs/

/ˈʃɪftɫɪs/

[adjective]

shiftless

[ADJECTIVE]

showing no ambition and disinterested in achieving success

Examples

1. Cupping my eyes against the window, I could almost see the institutional room with its stacks of damp fake wood trays and stringy haired shiftless girls barely older than me lined up before steaming vats of baked beans and soggy broccoli.

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