Feckless

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.4 Synonyms 1.5 Antonyms 1.6 Related words 1.7 Translations

English

Etymology

Scotts feck, effect

Pronunciation

feck"less

Adjective

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1. Lacking purpose.

   quotations:

   • "It is the beauty of great games when they are played at their highest level and the extraordinary thing now is that we do not have to trawl back through all the years of your inexorable progress from feckless beach boy to master sportsman." — Canberra Times, September 10, 2005

2. Without skill, ineffective.
3. (archaic) Lacking vitality.

Synonyms

• feeble
• futile
• hopeless
• ineffective
• ineffectual
• meaningless
• unpurposed
• useless
• worthless
• aimless
• careless
• reckless
• irresponsible

Antonyms

• effective
• efficient
• purposeful
• useful
• careful
• responsible

Related words

• fecklessly
• fecklessness

Translations

• Danish: slap (1); dvask (2) (perhaps more jutish than danish!)