Etymology

feckless

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Today it means: Lacking purpose. Full definition →

Scots feckless
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  1. Scots · borrowed fromfeckless
  2. English todayfeckless

From Scots feckless, variant of Scots fectless (“ineffectual”) (an aphetic variant of effectless), equivalent to effect + -less.

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