shiftless in the PONS Dictionary

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Politicians should talk to some of these homeless, whom they would rather dismiss as being shiftless.
www.langleytimes.com
His dad, a shiftless actor and gambler, has deserted them -- and good riddance, too.
www.npr.org
It can provide structure and passion to the shiftless.
www.patheos.com
You might think my daughter's shiftless parents are not teaching her manners, but that's not true.
www.cnn.com
They are a pathetic, rather shiftless lot, desperate for any kind of human reaction.
blogs.vancouversun.com
We are hyper-connected but scatterbrained, smart but ungrateful and shiftless.
www.thestar.com
Fluid drive, a semi-automatic transmission in which the normal flywheel was replaced by a fluid coupling, provided shiftless driving.
thechronicleherald.ca
He is pictured... as slipshod, slovenly, and shiftless to such an appalling degree that some of his debts remain still unpaid.
www.heritage.org
From the middle of the 18th century, inhabitants of the area had begun to be characterised as shiftless, untrustworthy and responsible for their own poverty.
en.wikipedia.org
Better to see the homeless as shiftless losers.
www.odt.co.nz

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