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shiftlike

shiftlike adjective: resembling a shift (item of clothing).

Adjective

shiftlike (comparative more shiftlike, superlative most shiftlike)

  1. Resembling a shift (item of clothing).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of work shifts.
    • They suggest that this might be due to new "shiftlike" working time arrangements such as staggered working time or the combination of full- and part-time regulations.1998, Bulletin of European Studies on Time, number 11, page 11
  3. Characterised by shifts from one state to another.
    • shiftlike progressive schizophrenia

Forms of shiftlike

comparativemore shiftlike
superlativemost shiftlike

Origin of shiftlike

From shift + -like.

Questions about shiftlike

What does shiftlike mean?
Shiftlike means resembling a shift (item of clothing).
What part of speech is shiftlike?
Shiftlike is an adjective.

Words near shiftlike in the dictionary

  1. shiftings
  2. shiftless
  3. shiftlessly
  4. shiftlessness
  5. shiftlessnesses
  6. shiftlike
  7. shiftmate
  8. shiftmates
  9. shiftogram
  10. shiftograms
  11. shifts

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