She discombobulated me with her feckless laughter.
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Feckless
//ˈfɛkləs//
Synonyms for "feckless" (82 found)
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2 entriesderived from
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- безполезен adj (without skill, ineffective)
- безпомощен adj (lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way)
- безцелен adj (lacking purpose)
- вял adj (without skill, ineffective)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 冇出息嘅 adj (without skill, ineffective)
- 廢嘅 /废嘅 adj (lacking purpose)
Danish
4 entries- hjælpeløs adj (lacking purpose)
- hjælpeløs adj (without skill, ineffective)
- initiativløs adj (lacking purpose)
- uduelig adj (without skill, ineffective)
Dutch
4 entries- doelloos adj (lacking purpose)
- futloos adj (lacking vitality)
- inefficiënt adj (without skill, ineffective)
- lamlendig adj (lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way)
Finnish
4 entries- aikaansaamaton adj (without skill, ineffective)
- avuton adj (without skill, ineffective)
- heikkoluonteinen adj (lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way)
- heikkotahtoinen adj (lacking vitality)
French
3 entries- incapable adj (without skill, ineffective)
- irresponsable adj (lacking purpose)
- irréfléchi adj (lacking purpose)
German
4 entries- ineffektiv adj (without skill, ineffective)
- ineffizient adj (without skill, ineffective)
- kraftlos adj (lacking vitality)
- lahmarschig adj (lacking vitality)
Greek
4 entries- άβουλος adj (lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way)
- άσκοπος adj (lacking purpose)
- ανίκανος adj (without skill, ineffective)
- ασθενής adj (lacking vitality)
Ido
1 entries- nekapabla adj (without skill, ineffective)
Norwegian
4 entries- hjelpeløs adj (lacking purpose)
- hjelpeløs adj (without skill, ineffective)
- initiativløs adj (lacking purpose)
- ubehjelpelig adj (without skill, ineffective)
Romanian
2 entries- ineficient adj (lacking purpose)
- inutil adj (lacking purpose)
Russian
4 entries- беспо́мощный adj (lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way)
- бесполе́зный adj (without skill, ineffective)
- бесце́льный adj (lacking purpose)
- вя́лый adj (without skill, ineffective)
Swedish
3 entries- hjälplös adj (lacking purpose)
- oduglig adj (without skill, ineffective)
- rådlös adj (lacking purpose)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The Democratic Party appears both feckless and sclerotic.
Source: tatoeba (10621560)
The feckless liberals did nothing to stop fascism from taking over.
Source: tatoeba (12116839)
Our feckless opposition party didn't do enough to stop him.
Source: tatoeba (13054839)
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