English edit

Etymology edit

shift +‎ -like

Adjective edit

shiftlike (comparative more shiftlike, superlative most shiftlike)

  1. Resembling a shift (item of clothing).
  2. Resembling or characteristic of work shifts.
    • 1998, Bulletin of European Studies on Time, number 11, page 11:
      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.
  3. (psychiatry) Characterised by shifts from one state to another.
    shiftlike progressive schizophrenia