13 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
shiftlessness
11 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
selfishness
10 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
elfishness, fleshiness, thisnesses
9 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
fitnesses, fleshiest, heftiness, litheness, shelfiest, shiftless, shineless, shinesses
8 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
esthesis, felsites, feltness, fetishes, fineless, finesses, fishless, fishnets, hessites, leftness, leishest, lessness, liteness, selfists, selfness, sensists, sestines, setlines, sheitlen, shelties, shitless, theelins, thisness
7 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
eelfish, elshins, enflesh, enisles, enlists, ensiles, felines, felsite, festine, finesse, finless, fishlet, fishnet, fissles, fitness, flenses, flentes, fleshen, fleshes, hessite, hisself, hitless, infests, inflesh, lefties, leftish, lenites, lessens, lessest, liefest, lisente, listees, listens, neshest, nestles, netless, seitens, selfies, selfish, selfist, seniles, senseis, sensile, sensist, seselis, sessile, sestine, setline, setness, sheitel, sheltie, shiness, silenes, silents, sinless, sithens, slishes, stifles, teenish, telesis, tensile, theelin, theines, thissen, tieless, tinsels
6 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
ehlite, eisels, elfins, elfish, elints, elites, elshin, elsins, enfile, enisle, enlief, enlife, enlist, ensile, enties, esiles, ethine, feints, feists, feline, fenite, fesels, fesses, festin, fetise, fetish, fients, filses, filths, finest, finlet, fishes, fishet, fissle, fistle, fleets, flense, fliest, flints, flites, fsiest, heists, hissel, hisses, infelt, infest, inless, inlets, insets, islets, istles, itself, lefsen, lefses, lenite, lenses, lessen, lesses, lethes, lisses, listee, listen, lithes, nelies, nesses, nessie, nestle, nisses, seenil, seines, seises, seiten, selfie, senile, sensei, senses, seseli, sesses, sheels, sheens, sheets, shelfs, shiels, shiest, shifts, shines, shists, sients, sieths, silene, silens, silent, sisses, sisten, sistle, sithen, sithes, sleest, sleets, sliest, slinte, sneesh, sneest, snifts, snithe, steels, steens, steils, steins, steles, stelis, sthene, stifle, stiles, tehsil, tenses, tessel, tessin, theine, theins, theses, thesis, tinsel
5 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
eisel, elfin, elint, elite, elses, elsin, enets, enlit, ensis, entsi, eshin, esile, esnes, essen, esses, etens, ethel, feels, feest, feint, feist, felis, felts, fenis, fents, fesse, fests, fetes, fetis, fient, fiest, files, filet, filth, fines, fists, flees, fleet, flesh, flies, flint, flite, flits, fnese, heels, hefte, hefts, heils, heist, helen, heles, helis, hents, hests, hetes, hilts, hints, hists, hsien, inlet, insee, inset, intel, ishes, isles, islet, istle, leets, lefse, lefte, lefts, leish, leiss, lenes, lenis, lense, lenth, lenti, leses, lessn, leste, lests, lethe, liefs, liens, liesh, liest, lifen, lifts, lines, lints, lists, lites, lithe, liths, neifs, neist, nelis, nests, netes, niefs, nifes, nifle, nisse, seels, seifs, seils, seine, seise, seles, selfs, senit, sense, sente, senti, sents, sesti, sheel, sheen, sheet, shelf, shent, shets, shiel, shies, shift, shilf, shine, shins, shisn, shist, shits, siens, sient, siest, sieth, sifts, silen, siles, silts, sines, sinhs, sises, sists, sites, sithe, sleet, slent, slete, sline, slish, slite, slits, snees, snies, snift, snite, snits, steel, steen, steil, stein, stele, stens, sties, stife, stile, stine, teels, teens, teils, teise, teles, tenes, tense, thees, thein, thelf, thens, these, thief, thine, thins, thisn, tiens, tiles, tines, tsine
4 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
eels, efts, eine, elfs, elhi, elne, else, elts, enes, ense, eses, esne, esse, ests, eten, ethe, eths, feel, fees, feet, fehs, feil, feis, fele, fels, felt, feni, fens, fent, fess, fest, fete, fets, fiel, fies, file, fils, filt, fine, fins, fise, fish, fist, fits, flee, flet, flit, heel, heft, heil, hele, heli, hens, hent, hest, hete, hets, hies, hile, hilt, hine, hins, hint, hisn, hiss, hist, hits, htel, ilth, infl, inst, intl, isle, isls, isnt, isth, itel, leef, lees, leet, left, leis, lene, lens, lent, lese, less, lest, lete, lets, lief, lien, lies, life, lift, line, lins, lint, lish, liss, list, lite, lith, lits, neet, nefs, neif, nese, nesh, ness, nest, nete, neth, neti, nets, nief, nies, nife, nile, nils, nist, nits, seel, seen, sees, seif, seil, seis, seit, sele, self, sels, selt, sene, sens, sent, sese, sess, seth, sets, shee, shes, shet, shin, shit, sien, sife, sift, sile, silt, sine, sinh, sins, sise, sish, siss, sist, site, sith, sits, slee, slit, snee, snit, sten, stie, teel, teen, tees, tefs, teil, tele, teli, tels, tene, tens, thee, then, thin, this, tien, ties, tile, tils, tine, tins, tshi
3 Letter Words for Shiftlessness
eel, een, efl, efs, eft, ehf, ehs, elf, eli, els, elt, ene, enl, ens, ese, ess, est, eth, fee, feh, fei, fen, fes, fet, fie, fil, fin, fit, flt, fsh, fth, hee, hei, hel, hen, hes, het, hie, hin, his, hit, hts, ife, ifs, ihs, ile, inf, ins, int, ise, ish, isl, isn, ist, its, lee, lei, les, let, lie, lif, lin, lis, lit, lst, nee, nef, nei, net, nie, nil, nis, nit, nth, see, sei, sel, sen, set, she, shf, shi, sht, sie, sif, sil, sin, sis, sit, sle, slt, sse, ssh, tee, tef, tel, ten, tes, the, tie, til, tin, tis, tln, tsh, tsi, tss
Definitions for Shiftlessness
[1] lacking in resourcefulness; inefficient; lazy.
[2] lacking in incentive, ambition, or aspiration.
[3] lacking in ambition or initiative
Words related to Shiftlessness
shiftlessinertness, lethargy, negligence, sloth, weariness, slackness, dormancy, slothfulness, tardiness, heaviness, idleness, dullness, remissness, listlessness, stolidity, inertia, inactivity, laxness, apathy, slowness
Words nearby Shiftlessness
shiftlessshift to right, shiftable, shifter, shifting cultivation, shifting spanner, shiftless, shiftwork, shifty, shiga-kruse bacillus, shigella, shigella boydii
Origin of Shiftlessness
First recorded in 1555–65; shift + -less
Other words from Shiftlessness
shift·less·ly , adverb
shift·less·ness , noun
Synonyms for Shiftlessness
apathy, dilatoriness, dormancy, dreaminess, drowsiness, dullness, faineance, heaviness, idleness, inactivity, indolence, inertia, inertness, laxness, leisureliness, lethargy, listlessness, neglectfulness, negligence, passivity, remissness, slackness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, stolidity, tardiness, torpidness, weariness, do-nothingness, faineancy, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languorousness, leadenness, otioseness, otiosity, sluggardness, supineness, torpescence