feckless
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adjective \ˈfek-ləs\Definition of FECKLESS
1
: weak, ineffective
See Examples of FECKLESS
- She can't rely on her feckless son.
- <a well-intentioned but feckless response to the rise in school violence>
Origin of FECKLESS
Scots, from feck effect, majority, from Middle English (Scots) fek, alteration of Middle English effect
First Known Use: circa 1585
Related to FECKLESS
- Synonyms
- counterproductive, ineffective, hamstrung, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inexpedient
- Antonyms
- effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, expedient, operant, ultraefficient
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