How to pronounce shiftless
American English pronunciation
SHIFT-lis
- IPA
- /ˈʃɪftlɪs/
- Syllables
- SHIFT · lis (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What shiftless means
Lazy and with no drive to get ahead
In a sentence: Grandpa said the shiftless farmhand never mended a single fence all summer.
Where it comes from: It comes from shift, in an old sense of a way of getting by or making do, plus -less.
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