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• feck´less|ly — feck|less «FEHK lihs», adjective. 1. futile; ineffective; »Rip Van Winkle was an idle, feckless character. 2. Scottish. spiritless; worthless. ╂[< feck + less] –feck´less|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• feck|less — «FEHK lihs», adjective. 1. futile; ineffective; »Rip Van Winkle was an idle, feckless character. 2. Scottish. spiritless; worthless. ╂[< feck + less] –feck´less|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• feck´less|ness — feck|less «FEHK lihs», adjective. 1. futile; ineffective; »Rip Van Winkle was an idle, feckless character. 2. Scottish. spiritless; worthless. ╂[< feck + less] –feck´less|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

• feck — feck; feck·et; feck·ful; feck·less; feck·ly; feck·ful·ly; feck·less·ly; feck·less·ness; …   English syllables

• less — less·est; less·ness; let·ter·less; li·cense·less; lid·less; life·less; life·less·ly; life·less·ness; light·less; light·less·ness; limb·less; lime·less; lim·it·less; line·less; lint·less; lip·less; list·less; list·less·ly; list·less·ness;… …   English syllables

• Feck — (or, in some senses, fek ) is a monosyllable with several vernacular meanings and variations in Irish English, Scots and Middle English.Modern Irish English*Slang expletive employed as an attenuated alternative (minced oath) to fuck or express… …   Wikipedia

• feckless — feck·less …   English syllables

• fecklessly — feck·less·ly …   English syllables

• feckless — feck•less [[t]ˈfɛk lɪs[/t]] adj. 1) ineffective; incompetent; futile 2) having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy • Etymology: 1590–1600; orig. Scots, form of effect feck′less•ly, adv. feck′less•ness, n …   From formal English to slang

• feckless — feck|less [ˈfekləs] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : Scottish English; Origin: feck effect, larger part , from effect] lacking determination, and not achieving anything in your life ▪ Alice s feckless younger brother >fecklessly adv >fecklessness n… …   Dictionary of contemporary English