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feckless

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feck·less  (fkls)
adj.
1. Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
2. Careless and irresponsible.
[Scots feck, effect (alteration of effect) + -less.]
feckless·ly adv.
feckless·ness n.
feckless
Adjective
irresponsible and lacking character and determination: her feckless brother was always in debt [obsolete feck value, effect]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.feckless - not fit to assume responsibility
irresponsible - showing lack of care for consequences; "behaved like an irresponsible idiot"; "hasty and irresponsible action"
2.feckless - generally incompetent and ineffectual; "feckless attempts to repair the plumbing"; "inept handling of the account"
inept
incompetent - not qualified or suited for a purpose; "an incompetent secret service"; "the filming was hopeless incompetent"
feckless
adjective irresponsible, useless, hopeless, incompetent, feeble, worthless, futile, ineffectual, aimless, good-for-nothing, shiftless, weak
Translations
feckless [ˈfɛklɪs] adj → irresponsable, irreflexivo
feckless [ˈfɛklɪs] adj → inepte
feckless [ˈfɛklɪs] adj → nutzlos
feckless [ˈfɛklɪs] adj → irresponsabile, incosciente


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If ye miss that, ye must be as feckless at the sailoring as I have found ye at the fighting.
Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context
I made a drink-offering to all the dead, first with honey and milk, then with wine, and thirdly with water, and I sprinkled white barley meal over the whole, praying earnestly to the poor feckless ghosts, and promising them that when I got back to Ithaca I would sacrifice a barren heifer for them, the best I had, and would load the pyre with good things.
The Odyssey by Homer View in context
Perhaps this lad's mother also was a feckless old woman, and devoid of character?
Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
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