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shiftlessness



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Diversions visually suppressed shiftlessness or illicitness, or anything a bouncer had been instructed to keep out of a club.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 12, 2023

If you were satisfied with taking on all duties, and your hubby’s shiftlessness, you wouldn’t have written in.

From Washington Post Jan. 9, 2023

Last Man on Earth works subtly and seamlessly as a critique of a certain kind of contemporary shiftlessness.

From Slate Feb. 26, 2015

Speaking to a small group of students and instructors at Renton Technical College, Biden acknowledged “the middle class is hurting,” but said he gets angry at those who accuse out-of-work people of shiftlessness.

From Seattle Times Oct. 9, 2014

She saw such behavior as a troubling sign of the rising shiftlessness of the age.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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