Translations for „shiftless“ in the English » German Dictionary

shift·less [ˈʃɪftləs] ADJ pej

shiftless (idle)

träge

shiftless (lacking purpose)

ziellos

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English

He is pictured... as slipshod, slovenly, and shiftless to such an appalling degree that some of his debts remain still unpaid.

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Fluid drive, a semi-automatic transmission in which the normal flywheel was replaced by a fluid coupling, provided shiftless driving.

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Better to see the homeless as shiftless losers.

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Massive transfer of wealth from productive to shiftless and no money left to pay for innovation.

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Even, lamenting the fact that his life was rather shiftless and uneventful, decides to risk his life and ride the wave during the storm.

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What about the lazy, the shiftless, the ignorant masses yearning to just get by?

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Politicians should talk to some of these homeless, whom they would rather dismiss as being shiftless.

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You might think my daughter's shiftless parents are not teaching her manners, but that's not true.

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There is a shiftless air about him, an air of someone who is hiding a certain despair with wide boy antics.

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From the 1870s they were characterised in culture as often shiftless, untrustworthy and responsible for their own poverty.

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