01 a. Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own suppo…
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Destitute of expedients, or not using successful expedients; characterized by failure, especially by failure to provide for one's own support, through negligence or incapacity; hence, lazy; improvident; thriftless; as, a shiftless fellow; shiftless management.