feckless

Related to feckless: feckful

feck·less

(fĕk′lĭs)

adj.

1. Careless and irresponsible: "political prestidigitation designed to distract public attention from his feckless flouting of basic ethical principles" (Doug Ireland).

2. Feeble or ineffective: "Pickering's life was routinely threatened, and one feckless attempt had already been made to kidnap or kill him" (Garry Wills).

[Scots feck, effect (alteration of effect) + -less.]

feck′less·ly adv.

feck′less·ness n.

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feckless

(ˈfɛklɪs)

adj

feeble; weak; ineffectual; irresponsible

[C16: from obsolete feck value, effect + -less]

ˈfecklessly adv

ˈfecklessness n

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feck•less

(ˈfɛk lɪs)

adj.

1. ineffective; incompetent; futile.

2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.

[1590–1600; orig. Scots, form of effect]

feck′less•ly, adv.

feck′less•ness, n.

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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 The young man was feckless and irresponsible.

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feckless

adjective

Lacking or marked by a lack of care:

careless, heedless, inattentive, irresponsible, reckless, thoughtless, unconcerned, unmindful, unthinking.

Translations

hjælpeløsinitiativløsuduelig

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feckless

[ˈfeklɪs] ADJ (= weak) → débil, incapaz; (= irresponsible) → irresponsable

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feckless

[ˈfɛkləs] adj (= incompetent) → incapable

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feckless

adj → nutzlos

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feckless

[ˈfɛklɪs] adj → irresponsabile, incosciente

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