Shiftless vs. Unambitious — What's the Difference?

Lacking ambition or purpose; lazy

Having little ambition for success or achievement

Characterized by a lack of ambition or energy

Having little desire for success or achievement

Lacking resourcefulness or efficiency; incompetent.

Lazy, unmotivated.

Untrustworthy as a result of being incompetent at the job.

Destitute of shifts or expedients; lacking proper means.

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.

Lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy;