On the negative side there is the “feckless” person who doesn't have a clue. You know the type; ineffective, incompetent, having no sense of responsibility,
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He was a great admirer of the poetry of plain speech. He despised mere feckless adornments of language or thought. Nelson spent decades in feckless pursuit of a superstructure for implementing his grand design. What Is a Feckless Person...
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Meaning of feckless. How to pronounce feckless. feckless synonyms. putpocket. someone who puts money or other objects into a person's pocket or bag …...
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Aug 22, 2008 So a feckless person is an ineffective person. Feck and feckless drop from our more common language in favor of ineffective, or ineffectual,
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I've had plenty of them (see track record), but I hope the people I care about do not consider me to be feckless -- a person totally devoid of feck.
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You’ve been a bit fanboyish at times, but a long way from the kind of hollow, feckless person that would be the “stereotype”. You struck me face-to-face as a person who could stand to grow up a little, but not one who won’t or can’t.
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The first meaning applies to our word, but what does a feckless person not have? Someone who is feckless is effectless, or having no effect. The original root was the Scottish feck, a contraction of effect and the source of the modern English efficacy.
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As a modern noun, however, it has been used mainly in Britain since the 1920's to lightly censure someone as ''a bothersome or feckless person.'' It is more of a mild derogation than an insult. PIFFLE...
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