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feckless
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective feckless has 2 senses
- feckless(s = adj.all) Array - not fit to assume responsibility; Array Derived form noun fecklessness1
- feckless(s = adj.all) inept - generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account" Derived form noun fecklessness1
CIDE DICTIONARY
feckless, a. [Perh. a corruption of effectless.].
Spiritless; weak; worthless. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
feckless, adj.
1 feeble, ineffective.
2 unthinking, irresponsible (feckless gaiety).
1 feeble, ineffective.
2 unthinking, irresponsible (feckless gaiety).
Derivative
fecklessly adv. fecklessness n.
Etymology
Sc. feck f. effeck var. of EFFECT
THESAURUS
feckless
aimless, barren, bootless, carefree, careless, counterproductive, easygoing, effete, empty, etiolated, fatuitous, fatuous, fruitless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, grasshopper, happy-go-lucky, heedless, impotent, improvident, inadequate, inadvertent, inane, incautious, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, irresponsible, lackadaisical, meaningless, negligent, no go, nonchalant, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, of no use, pointless, purposeless, reckless, remiss, shiftless, sterile, superfluous, thoughtless, thriftless, unavailing, uncaring, undependable, uneconomical, unheeding, unproviding, unpurposed, unreflective, unreliable, unthinking, unthrifty, untrustworthy, useless, vain, wild, worthless, wrecking
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