feckless
English
/ˈfɛkləs/
adj
Definitions
- Lacking purpose.
- Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
- (UK) Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
- (British) Lacking vitality.
Etymology
Borrowed from Scots feckless affix from English effect.
Origin
English
effect
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Olympic village effect English
- Tetris effect English
- aftereffect English
- bioeffect English
- coeffect English
- countereffect English
- effect English
- effectible English
- effecting English
- effectless English
- effectome English
- fecklessly English
- fecklessness English
- intereffect English
- isoeffect English
- subeffect English
- thermoeffect English
- white coat effect English
- effectus Latin
- effet French
- efecto Spanish, Castilian
- effect Middle English
- efekto Esperanto
- feckless Scots