feckless

Word parts

effect + -less

Pronunciation

• (US) (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈfɛkləs/ or /ˈfɛklɪs/

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Adjective

Positive feckless

Comparative more feckless

Superlative most feckless

1. If you are feckless, you have little purpose or motivation; you are not effective.

   The untrained soldiers were feckless once fighting began.