Question 55 Verbal Ability 2020 Medium MCQ +4.00 marks · -1.00 negative

One spring, while visiting in the little village among the High Mountains where her ancestors had dwelt for _____ my Aunt kindled the callow fancy of my uncle, Howard Carpenter, then an idle, shiftless boy of twenty-one.

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What is the meaning of the word shiftless as it is used in the passage?

A. amiable B. ruthless C. lazy D. carefree

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