1. lacking ambition, initiative, or the ability to act decisively; lazy and inefficient

Examples

• His shiftless attitude cost him several job opportunities.
• The manager was frustrated with the shiftless employee who never completed tasks on time.
• She refused to support her shiftless brother who wouldn’t look for work.
• The town struggled with a reputation for having a shiftless workforce.
• His parents worried that he was becoming shiftless after dropping out of college.
• The shiftless tenant let the apartment fall into disrepair.