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What is the adjective for shift?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb shift which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

shifty
  1. Subject to frequent changes in direction.
  2. Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal or unreliable.
  3. Full of, or ready with, shifts or expedients.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. shady, deceitful, devious, cunning, duplicitous, slippery, crafty, dishonest, furtive, roguish, sly, sneaky, tricky, untrustworthy, wily, contriving, foxy, insidious, scheming, treacherous, underhand, artful, bent, crooked, deceptive, fast, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, sharp, sneaking, snide, snidey, stealthy, suspicious, underhanded, conniving, iffy, lying, shonky, shrewd, slimy, unprincipled, cagey, collusive, dubious, false, mendacious, slick, unhonest … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “When I came to, I found myself tightly tied to a steel chair guarded by a few shifty men guarding me with loaded guns.”
      “It seems like a shifty way to completely screw your computer up if you ask me.”
      “It's not considered uncool or in some way shifty to be involved in politics, which is probably a healthy thing.”
shiftlike
  1. Resembling a shift (item of clothing).
  2. (psychiatry) Characterised by shifts from one state to another.
shiftable
  1. That can be shifted
  2. Synonyms:
      3. movable, mobile, transportable, portable, transferable, portative, detachable, adjustable, flexible, ambulatory, deployable, liftable, loose, motile, removable, turnable, unattached, unfastened, adaptable, conveyable, moving, not fixed, on wheels, moveable, relocatable, maneuverable, manoeuvrable, lightweight, compact, travel, easily carried, easy to carry, light, handy, manageable, convenient, travelling, traveling, shippable, transmittable, roaming, wieldy, transplantable, field, collapsible, foldaway, foldup, cartable, carriageable, haulable … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The computation can be accomplished using what we call the shared sketch by shiftable bases.”
      “To prevent damage to the PTO shaft, engage hydraulically or pneumatically shiftable universal joint shafts while idling only.”
      “These shiftable draper models let you position the swath at the center or to the left and right side of the header for double swaths.”
shiftier
  1. comparative form of shifty: more shifty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shadier, slipperier, craftier, slier, sneakier, trickier, wilier, foxier, benter, faster, sharper, snider, stealthier, iffier, shonkier, shrewder, slimier, cagier, falser, slicker, more deceitful, more devious, more cunning, more duplicitous, more dishonest, more furtive, more roguish, more untrustworthy, more insidious, more scheming, more treacherous, more underhand, more artful, more crooked, more deceptive, more fraudulent, more guileful, more rogue, more snidey, more suspicious, more underhanded, more conniving, more unprincipled, more collusive, more dubious, more mendacious, more unhonest, more Janus-faced, more unscrupulous, dodgier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “You know usually I take the big guy, which is always something I get up for and you put a shutdown corner on their shiftier guy.”
      “Cameron, looking shiftier by the day, murmurs they might be ineligible for benefits during their first year here.”
      “Cameron sets out to move the body, but when Chas notices he's being even shiftier than usual, she decides to follow him.”
shiftiest
  1. superlative form of shifty: most shifty
  2. Synonyms:
      3. shadiest, slipperiest, craftiest, sliest, sneakiest, trickiest, wiliest, foxiest, bentest, fastest, sharpest, snidest, stealthiest, iffiest, shonkiest, shrewdest, slimiest, cagiest, falsest, slickest, most deceitful, most devious, most cunning, most duplicitous, most dishonest, most furtive, most roguish, most untrustworthy, most insidious, most scheming, most treacherous, most underhand, most artful, most crooked, most deceptive, most fraudulent, most guileful, most rogue, most snidey, most suspicious, most underhanded, most conniving, most unprincipled, most collusive, most dubious, most mendacious, most unhonest, most Janus-faced, most unscrupulous, dodgiest … more
shifted
  1. simple past tense and past participle of shift
  2. Synonyms:
      3. changed, evolved, transformed, converted, reformed, turned, metamorphosed, morphed, mutated, resolved, naturalized, reconditioned, shaped, transfigured, transmuted, diverged, merged, progressed, commutated, materialised, naturalised, reduced, transmogrified, deformed, transubstantiated, materialized, switched, varied, fluctuated, veered, pivoted, swung, deviated, altered, digressed, drifted, slipped, snapped, snapt, vacillated, modulated, diverted, redirected, deflected, transferred, swungen, swang, recast, transited, modified … more
shifting
  1. present participle of shift
  2. Synonyms:
      3. moving, transferring, repositioning, relocating, rearranging, dislocating, carting, displacing, transposing, bearing, conveying, lugging, removing, transporting, bringing, carrying, hauling, reallocating, shipping, shuffling, disturbing, fetching, replacing, taking, moving around, moving over, budging, schlepping, toting, ferrying, packing, transplanting, conducting, dragging, trucking, transmitting, lifting, humping, dislodging, sending, funnelling, funneling, heaving, channeling, channelling, pulling, relaying, delivering, trajecting, importing … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Archaeological remains also document the shifting levels of land and ocean.”
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