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Shiftless
Webster's Dictionary
(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.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shiftless'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/shiftless.html. 1828.