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SHIFTLESSNESS
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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)