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Four years of Jimmy Carter gave us two titanic Reagan landslides, peace and prosperity for eight blessed years - and even a third term for his feckless vice president, George H.W. Bush.
Ann Coulter

Meaning of "feckless" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FECKLESS

From obsolete feck value, effect + -less.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FECKLESS

feckless  [ˈfɛklɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FECKLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Feckless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FECKLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of feckless in the English dictionary

The definition of feckless in the dictionary is feeble; weak; ineffectual; irresponsible.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FECKLESS


backless
ˈbæklɪs
bookless
ˈbʊklɪs
brakeless
ˈbreɪklɪs
checkless
ˈtʃɛklɪs
diskless
ˈdɪsklɪs
hookless
ˈhʊklɪs
luckless
ˈlʌklɪs
makeless
ˈmeɪklɪs
necklace
ˈnɛklɪs
reckless
ˈrɛklɪs
smokeless
ˈsməʊklɪs
sparkless
ˈspɑːklɪs
speckless
ˈspɛklɪs
stockless
ˈstɒklɪs
tackless
ˈtæklɪs
tankless
ˈtæŋklɪs
thankless
ˈθæŋklɪs
trackless
ˈtræklɪs
wickless
ˈwɪklɪs
workless
ˈwɜːklɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FECKLESS

fecal
feces
Fechner
fecht
fechter
fecial
fecit
feck
feckin
fecking
fecklessly
fecklessness
feckly
fecula
feculae
feculence
feculency
feculent
fecund
fecundate

WORDS THAT END LIKE FECKLESS

barkless
beakless
bottomless
forkless
frockless
inkless
knockless
leakless
milkless
neckless
peakless
plackless
riskless
rockless
sackless
sockless
stalkless
suckless
trickless
trunkless
tuskless

Synonyms and antonyms of feckless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FECKLESS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «feckless» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of feckless

Translation of «feckless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FECKLESS

Find out the translation of feckless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of feckless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «feckless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

没趣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irresponsable
570 millions of speakers

English

feckless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अबल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فارع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

беспомощное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

feckless
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অসহায়
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inepte
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Feckless
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

nutzlos
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

無気力な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

무기력
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Feckless
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhu nhược
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

feckless
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेजबाबदार
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beceriksiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inefficiente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

feckless
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

безпорадне
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

feckless
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μάταιος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lusteloos
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

feckless
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

feckless
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of feckless

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FECKLESS»

The term «feckless» is quite widely used and occupies the 46.785 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FECKLESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «feckless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «feckless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about feckless

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4 QUOTES WITH «FECKLESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word feckless.
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Ann Coulter
Four years of Jimmy Carter gave us two titanic Reagan landslides, peace and prosperity for eight blessed years - and even a third term for his feckless vice president, George H.W. Bush.
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David Hackworth
If a policy is wrongheaded, feckless and corrupt, I take it personally and consider it a moral obligation to sound off and not shut up until it's fixed.
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Frank Rich
Feckless as it was for Bush to ask Americans to go shopping after 9/11, we all too enthusiastically followed his lead, whether we were wealthy, working-class or in between. We spent a decade feasting on easy money, don't-pay-as-you-go consumerism and a metastasizing celebrity culture.
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James Surowiecki
Besides great climates and lovely beaches, California and Greece share a fondness for dysfunctional politics and feckless budgeting.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FECKLESS»

Discover the use of feckless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to feckless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Feckless Judges
This book explains what happened to me and how I found the system worked in reality. I never realised how the fecklessness of so many of the professionals involved rendered the system so biased.
Oliver Kaye, 2012
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The Foolish, the Feckless and the Fanatic
Liberals and French Babble While U.S. Leads Battle Against Terrorism
J. A. Klein, 2004
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Feckless: Tales of Supernatural, Paranormal, and Downright ...
THE TITLE: Feckless: Tales of Supernatural, Paranormal, and Downright Presumptuous Ilk THE STORIES: These tales range from the extreme, the paranormal, the supernatural, the fantastic, the spooky, the creepy, the suspicious, the ...
Ellen C. Maze, 2011
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Building Democratic Institutions: Party Systems in Latin America
11. Brazil. Weak. Parties,. Feckless. Democracy ... Socialist parties were founded in 1912 and 1933, respectively, and both are still major parties. Even though the conservative party Brazil: Weak Parties, Feckless Democracy Scott Mainwaring.
Timothy R. Scully, 1995
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High Jinks of a Feckless Youth
"High Jinks of a Feckless Youth" is the true story of the hilarious antics of the mischievous young Rolla Campbell and his best friend, Red Simms, growing up in West Virginia in the late 1920's and early 1930's.
Rolla Campbell, 2006
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Poems
YE MAUNNA SCAITH THE FECKLESS. “ Cons, callants, quit sic cruel sport; for shame, for shame, gi'e ower! . That poor half-witted creatur ye've been fechtin' wi' this hour, What pleasure hae ye seeing him thus lay his bosom bare '2— Ye ...
James Ballantine, 1856
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Tales of My Landlord
458.— Mados Wildfire. y In taking leave of the poor maniac, the author may here observe, that the first conception of the character, though afterwards greatly altered, was taken from that of a person calling herself, and called by others, Feckless ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1831
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Debates on Democratization
do move out of them—either from one to the other or out of either toward liberal democracy or dictatorship. For a time in the 1990s, Ukraine seemed stuck in dominant-power politics but may be shifting to something more like feckless pluralism.
Larry Diamond, Marc F. Plattner, Philip J. Costopoulos, 2010
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Tales of my landlord, second series: The heart of Mid-Lothian
The following account, furnished by the persevering kindness of Mr. Train, contains probably all that can now be known of her history, though many, among whom is the author, may remember having heard of Feckless Fannie, in the days of ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1836
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Waverley Novels
The following account, furnished by the persevering kindness of Mr. Train, contains probably all that can now be known of her history, though many, among whom is the author, may remember having heard of Feckless Fannie, in the days of ...
Sir Walter Scott, 1830

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FECKLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term feckless is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Great Gift of Reading Aloud - WSJ
... struck each child progressively at an earlier age—not because I'm a feckless mother, I hope, but because that is the way the culture is going. «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
2
Ray Donovan Season 3: Showtime's Underappreciated show is …
It's the weirdest little deadpan effect, boosted by the kid being wise to what a windbag Mickey is, but at the mercy of all of the feckless adults ... «Vanity Fair, Jul 15»
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Blake Bailey - WSJ
By Richard Yates (1976). 1. Richard Yates's mother would become a muse who never failed him (as she always did in life): A feckless alcoholic ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
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Our Greek Tragedy | Michael Brenner - Huffington Post
It has gone to bail out the creditor banks whose feckless conduct fueled the crisis. Moreover, most of the capital inflow during the preceding ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Lakmé, Opera Holland Park, review: About as authentically Indian …
... is small but perfectly formed, her Bell Song a glittering highlight, while Robert Murray draws muscular passion from the feckless Gérald. «The Independent, Jul 15»
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Are the Lessons of Srebrenica Being Forgotten? - The New York …
Betting that the feckless United Nations would not call on NATO air power to defend the “safe areas,” General Mladic brazenly seized them. «New York Times, Jul 15»
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Poll: Is it Politically Wise for Republicans to Continue Pursuing …
Abandoning opposition now would be correctly seen as feckless." "Repeal and replace. [Obamacare is] still unpopular with swing voters and ... «National Journal, Jul 15»
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Mum of eight says benefits cap will make her homeless - AOL …
... in May, show that 40,000 more children would fall into poverty as a result of the reduced cap - not all of them born to feckless parents. «AOL Money UK, Jul 15»
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Climbing Katahdin - The Daily News of Newburyport: Lifestyles
But to have done it as a feckless 20-something and again as an out-of-breath 50-something whose muscles ached for days taught me that you ... «The Daily News of Newburyport, Jul 15»
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Britain's failed, politically correct counter-terror strategy - The …
They argued that he was more British than the feckless workshy British, innocently cut down while rushing to the first of two jobs at which he ... «The Commentator, Jul 15»

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