shiftless

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

shiftless
    adj 1: lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or
           initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a
           shiftless way"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Shiftless \Shift"less\, a.
   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.
   [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

48 Moby Thesaurus words for "shiftless":
      aimless, bone-lazy, cadging, dilatory, do-nothing, doless, dronish,
      drony, easy, ergophobic, faineant, feckless, good-for-nothing,
      grasshopper, happy-go-lucky, heedless, idle, improvident, indolent,
      ineffective, irresponsible, lackadaisical, laggard, lax, lazy,
      negligent, nonaggressive, otiose, parasitic, pococurante,
      procrastinative, remiss, scrounging, slack, slothful, slow,
      sponging, thoughtless, thriftless, unambitious, uncaring,
      uneconomical, unenterprising, uninspired, unmotivated, unproviding,
      unthrifty, work-shy

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