shiftlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈʃɪftlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈʃɪf(t)lᵻs/

Forms: see shift n. and -less suffix.

Etymology: < shift n. + -less suffix.

†1. Helpless for self-defence; void of cunning or artifice. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > helpless

unmawec1380

shiftless1562

assistless1718

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > lacking resourcefulness > and defenceless

silly1539

shiftless1562

1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. sig. Aa iv^v Wylde beastes be cruel, yet god defends the shiftles sheepe.

1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 24^v I neuer would haue thought The selie simple shiftlesse Bee could haue suche mischief wrought.

1613 R. Hill Pathway to Prayer (new ed.) 153 Because of my selfe I am shiftlesse to auoid them [occasions of sinne].

1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 122 A Sea-Tortoise..being taken and turned on its back is shiftless.

a. Lacking in resource; incapable of shifting for oneself; hence, lazy, inefficient.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective]

sweerc725

foridledc1230

idlea1300

faintc1325

recrayed1340

slewful1340

nicea1398

sleuthya1400

delicate?c1400

sleuthfulc1400

slothfulc1400

sloth1412

lurdanc1480

luskinga1500

luskish15..

droning1509

bumbard?a1513

slottery1513

desidiousa1540

lazy1549

slovening1549

truanta1550

sleuth1567

litherly1573

truantly1579

dronish1580

lubberly1580

truant-like1583

shiftless1584

sluggard1594

fat1598

lusky1604

sweatless1606

clumse1611

easeful1611

loselly1611

do-littlea1613

sluggardisha1627

pigritious1638

drony1653

murcid1656

thokisha1682

shammockinga1704

indolent1710

huddroun1721

nothing-doing1724

desidiose1727

lusk1775

slack-twisted1794

sweert1817

bone-lazya1825

lurgy1828

straight-backed1830

do-nothing1832

slobbish1833

bone idle1836

slouch1837

lotophagous1841

shammocky1841

bein1847

thoky1847

lotus-eating1852

fainéant1855

sluggardly1865

lazy-boned1875

do-naught1879

easy-going1879

lazyish1892

slobbed1962

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > lacking resourcefulness

unshifty1570

shiftless1584

boss1599

helpless1620

unshiftable1622

self-helpless1634

foisonless1721

feckless1773

resourceless1787

weirdless1821

hopeless1854

fibreless1864

1584 in Neal Hist. Purit. (1732) I. 407 Having been either popish Priests or shiftless men, thrust in upon the Ministry.

a1691 A. Wood Fasti Oxoniensis I. 871 Joh. Pell..was a shiftless man as to worldly affairs.

a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: W. Hollar (1813) II. 402 He was a very friendly good-natured man as could be, but shiftlesse as to the world, and dyed not rich.

1765 E. Carter Let. 26 Aug. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) II. 118 I hope this shiftless friend of mine was not the very thief that stole your Tasso.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. iv. 355 Poor M. de Gouvion is shiftless in this extremity.

1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. x. 87 Mr. Wrayburn..all idle and shiftless, stood by her bench looking on.

1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. iii. 35 Going to hunt up her shiftless husband at the inn.

b. Of actions: Indicating shiftlessness; ineffective, futile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective]

idlec825

unnuteOE

bricklec1225

tooma1250

unnaita1250

vaina1300

waste1303

overvoida1382

voida1382

superfluec1384

daylessa1387

unbehovely1390

unprofitablea1398

unbehoveful1429

wastefulc1450

idleful1483

fruster1488

vainful1509

frustrate?a1513

superfluousa1533

addle1534

lost1535

fittle1552

futilea1575

nugatory1605

futilous1607

shiftless1613

tympanous1625

emptya1628

frustraneousa1643

pointless1673

futilitous1765

otiose1795

stultificatory1931

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > lacking resourcefulness > of actions

shiftless1613

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. vi. 33 Forcing him to his manifold shifts, and shiftlesse remouings.

1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. iii. 65 How poor and shiftlesse this shift is we have already demonstrated.

a1862 H. D. Thoreau Yankee in Canada (1866) ii. 27 This looked very shiftless, especially in a country abounding in water-power.

†3. Not shifted or changed; unvarying. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective]

fasteOE

inunvariable1535

uniform1559

changeless1575

unvariant1582

wasteless1589

unchanging1595

inherent1601

unselfchanging1605

shiftless1606

ne'er-changinga1616

waxlessa1618

immutable1621

equal1626

irreducible1633

indiminishable1641

imprevaricable1644

Median1649

undiminishable1653

assiduous1661

unvarying1690

unfluctuating1723

unrelapsing1740

stable1742

unarbitrary1793

untransferable1794

unaltering1813

constant1817

all-or-nothing1853

all-or-none1864

reducelessc1864

unaugmentable1868

invariant1874

inadaptive1886

plateaued1899

steady state1909

hardcore1951

homoeostatic1955

monochromatic1959

1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. xci. 370 When Canons, Rubrick, Liturgie, and Discipline throughout One shiftlesse Practise had, not to Indifferencie a flout.

4. Without a shift or shirt. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing underwear > other > not

smocklessc1386

shiftless1680

pantless1858

1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius ii. 19 He threaten'd me to banish me his House, Naked and shiftless to the World.

1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxviii. 344 Actæon, who had startled the shiftless Diana.

Derivatives

ˈshiftlessly adv.

ΚΠ

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Shiftlessly.

ˈshiftlessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > lack of resourcefulness

fecklessness1637

shiftlessness1682

helplessness1731

weirdlessness1825

self-helplessness1853

unshiftiness1870

sleevelessness1882

1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 265 The misery and shiftlessness of their condition.

1837 R. W. Emerson Oration before Phi Beta Kappa Soc. 16 In the long period of his [sc. the scholar's] preparation, he must betray often an ignorance and shiftlessness in popular arts.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxii. 608 The larger cities..where recent emigrants, with the shiftlessness of Europe still clinging round them, are huddled together in squalor.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	shiftless
释义	shiftlessadj. Brit. /ˈʃɪftlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈʃɪf(t)lᵻs/ Forms: see shift n. and -less suffix. Etymology: < shift n. + -less suffix. †1. Helpless for self-defence; void of cunning or artifice. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > helpless unmawec1380 shiftless1562 assistless1718 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > lacking resourcefulness > and defenceless silly1539 shiftless1562 1562 Bp. J. Pilkington Expos. Abdyas Pref. sig. Aa iv^v Wylde beastes be cruel, yet god defends the shiftles sheepe. 1577 T. Kendall tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes f. 24^v I neuer would haue thought The selie simple shiftlesse Bee could haue suche mischief wrought. 1613 R. Hill Pathway to Prayer (new ed.) 153 Because of my selfe I am shiftlesse to auoid them [occasions of sinne]. 1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 122 A Sea-Tortoise..being taken and turned on its back is shiftless. 2. a. Lacking in resource; incapable of shifting for oneself; hence, lazy, inefficient. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [adjective] sweerc725 foridledc1230 idlea1300 faintc1325 recrayed1340 slewful1340 nicea1398 sleuthya1400 delicate?c1400 sleuthfulc1400 slothfulc1400 sloth1412 lurdanc1480 luskinga1500 luskish15.. droning1509 bumbard?a1513 slottery1513 desidiousa1540 lazy1549 slovening1549 truanta1550 sleuth1567 litherly1573 truantly1579 dronish1580 lubberly1580 truant-like1583 shiftless1584 sluggard1594 fat1598 lusky1604 sweatless1606 clumse1611 easeful1611 loselly1611 do-littlea1613 sluggardisha1627 pigritious1638 drony1653 murcid1656 thokisha1682 shammockinga1704 indolent1710 huddroun1721 nothing-doing1724 desidiose1727 lusk1775 slack-twisted1794 sweert1817 bone-lazya1825 lurgy1828 straight-backed1830 do-nothing1832 slobbish1833 bone idle1836 slouch1837 lotophagous1841 shammocky1841 bein1847 thoky1847 lotus-eating1852 fainéant1855 sluggardly1865 lazy-boned1875 do-naught1879 easy-going1879 lazyish1892 slobbed1962 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > lacking resourcefulness unshifty1570 shiftless1584 boss1599 helpless1620 unshiftable1622 self-helpless1634 foisonless1721 feckless1773 resourceless1787 weirdless1821 hopeless1854 fibreless1864 1584 in Neal Hist. Purit. (1732) I. 407 Having been either popish Priests or shiftless men, thrust in upon the Ministry. a1691 A. Wood Fasti Oxoniensis I. 871 Joh. Pell..was a shiftless man as to worldly affairs. a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives: W. Hollar (1813) II. 402 He was a very friendly good-natured man as could be, but shiftlesse as to the world, and dyed not rich. 1765 E. Carter Let. 26 Aug. in Series of Lett. E. Carter & C. Talbot (1808) II. 118 I hope this shiftless friend of mine was not the very thief that stole your Tasso. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. vii. iv. 355 Poor M. de Gouvion is shiftless in this extremity. 1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iii. x. 87 Mr. Wrayburn..all idle and shiftless, stood by her bench looking on. 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles I. iii. 35 Going to hunt up her shiftless husband at the inn. b. Of actions: Indicating shiftlessness; ineffective, futile. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] idlec825 unnuteOE bricklec1225 tooma1250 unnaita1250 vaina1300 waste1303 overvoida1382 voida1382 superfluec1384 daylessa1387 unbehovely1390 unprofitablea1398 unbehoveful1429 wastefulc1450 idleful1483 fruster1488 vainful1509 frustrate?a1513 superfluousa1533 addle1534 lost1535 fittle1552 futilea1575 nugatory1605 futilous1607 shiftless1613 tympanous1625 emptya1628 frustraneousa1643 pointless1673 futilitous1765 otiose1795 stultificatory1931 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > lacking resourcefulness > of actions shiftless1613 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage i. vi. 33 Forcing him to his manifold shifts, and shiftlesse remouings. 1678 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. IV iv. iii. iii. 65 How poor and shiftlesse this shift is we have already demonstrated. a1862 H. D. Thoreau Yankee in Canada (1866) ii. 27 This looked very shiftless, especially in a country abounding in water-power. †3. Not shifted or changed; unvarying. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] fasteOE inunvariable1535 uniform1559 changeless1575 unvariant1582 wasteless1589 unchanging1595 inherent1601 unselfchanging1605 shiftless1606 ne'er-changinga1616 waxlessa1618 immutable1621 equal1626 irreducible1633 indiminishable1641 imprevaricable1644 Median1649 undiminishable1653 assiduous1661 unvarying1690 unfluctuating1723 unrelapsing1740 stable1742 unarbitrary1793 untransferable1794 unaltering1813 constant1817 all-or-nothing1853 all-or-none1864 reducelessc1864 unaugmentable1868 invariant1874 inadaptive1886 plateaued1899 steady state1909 hardcore1951 homoeostatic1955 monochromatic1959 1606 W. Warner Continuance Albions Eng. xiv. xci. 370 When Canons, Rubrick, Liturgie, and Discipline throughout One shiftlesse Practise had, not to Indifferencie a flout. 4. Without a shift or shirt. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing underwear > other > not smocklessc1386 shiftless1680 pantless1858 1680 T. Otway Hist. Caius Marius ii. 19 He threaten'd me to banish me his House, Naked and shiftless to the World. 1856 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire IV. xxxviii. 344 Actæon, who had startled the shiftless Diana. Derivatives ˈshiftlessly adv. ΚΠ 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Shiftlessly. ˈshiftlessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > lack of resourcefulness fecklessness1637 shiftlessness1682 helplessness1731 weirdlessness1825 self-helplessness1853 unshiftiness1870 sleevelessness1882 1682 J. Flavell Righteous Man's Refuge in Pract. Treat. Fear (new ed.) 265 The misery and shiftlessness of their condition. 1837 R. W. Emerson Oration before Phi Beta Kappa Soc. 16 In the long period of his [sc. the scholar's] preparation, he must betray often an ignorance and shiftlessness in popular arts. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. III. cxii. 608 The larger cities..where recent emigrants, with the shiftlessness of Europe still clinging round them, are huddled together in squalor. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1562
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