feckless
Use Feckless in a sentence
lɪs adjective
1.
ineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing.
2.
having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
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feckless (ˈfɛklɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| feeble; weak; ineffectual; irresponsible | |
| [C16: from obsolete feck value, effect + | |
| 'fecklessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'fecklessness | |
| —n | |
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Feckless
is always a great word to know.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Word Origin & History
feckless
1590s, from feck, "effect, value, vigor" (late 15c.), Scottish shortened form of effect; popularized by Carlyle, who left its opposite, feckful, in dialectal obscurity.
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Example sentences
The widespread poverty,unemployment,drug addiction and feckless begging on the main streets was shocking.
Scores of immigrants now put their lives in the hands of feckless smugglers, with tragic results.
While reprehensible and feckless, these tactics are not surprising to us.
The less active it was, the more feckless people were.
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