shiftlike

English

Etymology

From shift +‎ -like.

Adjective

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