feckless
/FEK-liss/adjectivelacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible
“A feckless caretaker let the orchard rot.”
- Synonyms
- ineffectual, useless, shiftless
- Antonyms
- competent, enterprising
- Memory hook
- feck (effect) + less: producing no effect.
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