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shiftlessness

noun

Etymology

From shiftless + -ness.

  1. derived from *skey-✻ — “to cut, divide, separate, part”
  2. derived from *skeyb-✻ — “to separate, divide, part”
  3. inherited from *skiftijaną✻
  4. inherited from sċiftan — “to divide, separate into shares; appoint, ordain; arrange, organise”
  5. inherited from schiften
  6. inherited from schyft
  7. suffixed as shiftless — “shift + less”
  8. suffixed as shiftlessness — “shiftless + ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being shiftless.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA