shiftlessly
In lazy fashion
In a manner showing lack of ambition, resourcefulness, or motivation.
Someone who lives shiftlessly drifts through life without purpose or initiative: He spent his twenties shiftlessly, moving from couch to couch.
The word carries strong disapproval, suggesting not just idleness but a failure of character.
Failing to achieve results
- loafingPassing time idly
- loungingReclining in idleness
- inactiveNot currently functioning
- indolentHabitually avoiding exertion
slothful · lazy · languid · listless · lax · negligent · dawdling · loitering
Without aim or guidance
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- adriftFloating without control
unfocused · drifting · rudderless · goalless · unmotivated · unchanneled · desultory · haphazard
unproductive
Failing to achieve results
indolent · slothful · lazy · languid · listless · lax · negligent · dawdling · loitering · lollygagging
directionless
Without aim or guidance
- purposelessLacking aim or intention
- wanderingTraveling with no fixed course
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
adrift · unfocused · drifting · rudderless · goalless · unmotivated · unchanneled · desultory · haphazard · erratic
sluggish
Slow and inactive
fatigued · weary · drowsy · inert · sleepy · phlegmatic · leaden · supine · lackadaisical · spiritless
shiftlesslyindustriously
In a hardworking manner
diligently · assiduously · energetically · tirelessly · conscientiously
shiftlesslyambitiously
With lofty aims
purposefully · determinedly · resolutely · single-mindedly · enterprisingly