feckless

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: feck=less

CIDE DICTIONARY

feckless, a. [Perh. a corruption of effectless.].

 Spiritless; weak; worthless.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

feckless, adj.
1 feeble, ineffective.
2 unthinking, irresponsible (feckless gaiety).

Derivative

fecklessly adv. fecklessness n.

Etymology

Sc. feck f. effeck var. of EFFECT

THESAURUS

feckless

aimless, barren, bootless, carefree, careless, counterproductive, easygoing, effete, empty, etiolated, fatuitous, fatuous, fruitless, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, grasshopper, happy-go-lucky, heedless, impotent, improvident, inadequate, inadvertent, inane, incautious, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, irresponsible, lackadaisical, meaningless, negligent, no go, nonchalant, nugacious, nugatory, of no force, of no use, pointless, purposeless, reckless, remiss, shiftless, sterile, superfluous, thoughtless, thriftless, unavailing, uncaring, undependable, uneconomical, unheeding, unproviding, unpurposed, unreflective, unreliable, unthinking, unthrifty, untrustworthy, useless, vain, wild, worthless, wrecking