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shiftless

ADJ ซึ่ง ไม่เต็มใจ ทำ  ขี้เกียจ  ซึ่ง ไม่ มีประสิทธิภาพ  idle inactive sueng-mai-tem-jai-tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SHIFTLESS

a.Destitute of expedients, or not resorting to successful expedients; wanting means to act or live; as a shiftless fellow.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SHIFTLESS

SHIFTLESS Shift "less, a.

 

Defn: 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. -- Shift "less *ly, adv. -- Shift "less *ness, n.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

shiftless

shift less |ˈSHiftlis ˈʃɪf (t )lɪs | adjective (of a person or action ) characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition: a shiftless lot of good-for-nothings. DERIVATIVES shift less ly adverb, shift less ness noun

 

Oxford Dictionary

shiftless

shift |less |ˈʃɪftlɪs | adjective characterized by laziness, indolence, and a lack of ambition: a shiftless lot of good-for-nothings. DERIVATIVES shiftlessly adverb, shiftlessness noun

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

shiftless

shiftless adjective he thought the whole family shiftless and dishonest: lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, lethargic, lackadaisical; spiritless, apathetic, feckless, good-for-nothing, worthless; unambitious, unenterprising.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

shiftless

shiftless adjective he thought the whole family shiftless and dishonest: lazy, idle, indolent, slothful, lethargic, lackadaisical; spiritless, apathetic, improvident, aimless, worthless, feckless, good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well; inefficient, incompetent, inept, unambitious, unenterprising. ANTONYMS enthusiastic, enterprising.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

shiftless

sh ft less 形容詞 怠惰な, やる気のない ; 無能な .ly 副詞 ness 名詞