feckless

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I got permission to go three hours after Kruger's message came You are only feckless--only feckless, as the Scotch say," she rejoined with testy sadness.

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  1. adjective Lacking purpose or vitality; feeble or ineffective.
  2. adjective Careless and irresponsible.

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  • That a narcissistic, feckless, arrogant jerk, with absolutely NOTHING inside, could have taken in so many is almost beyond comprehension. —  Stop The ACLU
  • Pylon were affectless and feckless, and you can listen to their music over and over and never get a clue as to where they are getting it all from. —  Boston Phoenix - thePhoenix.com
  • BARBRAN Immediately upon hearing of my fell design MacLachan, the tailor, paid a visit of protest to my bench Is it true fact that I hear, Dominie What do you hear, MacLachan That ye're to make one of yer silly histories about Barbran Perfectly true," said I, passing over the uncomplimentary adjective Tis a feckless waste of time Very likely Twill encourage the pair, when a man of yer age and influence in Our Square should be dissuadin' them Perhaps they need a friendly word MacLachan frowned. —  From a Bench in Our Square
  • I got permission to go three hours after Kruger's message came You are only feckless--only feckless, as the Scotch say," she rejoined with testy sadness. —  The Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Gilbert Parker
  • Obama would have been called every name in that book: "feckless," "weak," "naive," —  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines
 

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

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  1. Scots, from feck + -less; = English effectless.
 

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/ˈfɛklɛs/
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