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Shiftless vs Stationary - What's the difference?

shiftless | stationary |

As adjectives the difference between shiftless and stationary

is that shiftless is lazy, unmotivated while stationary is not moving.

As a noun stationary is

one who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.

shiftless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • lazy, unmotivated
  • untrustworthy as a result of being incompetent at the job

    • stationary

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia stationary) (en adjective)
  • Not moving.
    • For a few moments, the train remained stationary , before lurching forward along the track.
  • incapable of being moved
  • unchanging

    • Synonyms

    * (not moving) fixed, immobile, motionless, still, stock-still, unmoving * (incapable of being moved) immobile, unmoveable * (unchanging) changeless, constant, immutable, unchanging

    Antonyms

    * (not moving) in motion, moving, on the move * (incapable of being moved) mobile, moveable * (unchanging) changing, mutable, variable

    Noun

    (stationaries)
  • One who, or that which, is stationary, such as a planet when apparently it has neither progressive nor retrograde motion.
    • (Holland)

    • See also

    * stationary point