fecklessness

fecklessness
the state of being feckless

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  • fecklessness — feckless ► ADJECTIVE 1) ineffectual; feeble. 2) unthinking and irresponsible. DERIVATIVES fecklessly adverb fecklessness noun. ORIGIN from Scots and northern English dialect feck, from effeck, variant of EFFECT(Cf. ↑effect) …   English terms dictionary

  • fecklessness — noun see feckless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • fecklessness — See fecklessly. * * * …   Universalium

  • fecklessness — feck·less·ness …   English syllables

  • fecklessness — noun worthlessness due to being feeble and ineffectual • Derivationally related forms: ↑feckless • Hypernyms: ↑worthlessness, ↑ineptitude …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 • fecklessly adverb • fecklessness noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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