FECKLESS


Meaning of FECKLESS in English

/ ˈfekləs; NAmE / adjective

having a weak character; not behaving in a responsible way :

Her husband was a charming, but lazy and feckless man.

►  feck·less·ness noun [ U ]

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from Scots and northern English dialect feck (from effeck , variant of effect ) + -less .

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