fecklessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Scots feckless^[1], variant of Scots fectless (“ineffectual”) (an aphetic variant of effectless), equivalent to effect +‎ -less^[2].

発音

• (Received 発音, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛkləs/, /ˈfɛklɪs/
• 韻: -ɛkləs, -ɛklɪs

形容詞

feckless (comparative more feckless, superlative most feckless)

1. Lacking purpose.
   • September 10 2005, Canberra Times:

     It is the beauty of great games when they are played at their highest level and the extraordinary thing now is that we do not have to trawl back through all the years of your inexorable progress from feckless beach boy to master sportsman.

2. Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
3. Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
4. (Britain, archaic) Lacking vitality.

同意語

• (weak, ineffective): futile, hopeless, ineffective, ineffectual, feeble, meaningless, useless
• (worthless, irresponsible): unpurposed, worthless, aimless, careless, reckless, irresponsible

反意語

• (weak, ineffective): effective, efficient, meaningful, useful
• (worthless, irresponsible): purposeful, careful, responsible

関連する語

• fecklessly
• fecklessness

Further reading

• feckless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• feckless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

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