Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - feckless
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Feckless
feckless
adjective Etymology: Scots, from feck effect, majority, from Middle English (Scots) fek, alteration of Middle English effect Date: circa 1585 1. weak, ineffective 2. worthless, irresponsible • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun
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adj. 1 feeble, ineffective. 2 unthinking, irresponsible (feckless gaiety). Derivatives fecklessly adv. fecklessness n. Etymology: Sc. feck f. effeck var. of EFFECT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. слабый, беспомощный 2. бесполезный, тщетный 3. ленивый, нерадивый 4. безответственный 5. бездумный feckless gaiety —- бездумное веселье 6. незадачливый ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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4.
If you describe someone as feckless, you mean that they lack determination or strength, and are unable to do anything properly. (FORMAL) He regarded the young man as feckless and irresponsible. = incompetent ADJ c darkgreen]disapproval ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ adj lacking determination, and not achieving anything in your life (a dull, rather feckless young man) - fecklessly adv - fecklessness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1599, from feck, "effect, value, vigor" (1470), Scot. shortened form of effect; popularized by Carlyle, who left its opposite, feckful, in dial. obscurity. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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