SHIFTLESSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A failure to be active as a consequence of lack of initiative or ambition

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("shiftlessness" is a kind of...):

indolence; laziness (inactivity resulting from a dislike of work)

Derivation:

shiftless (lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy)

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