Word Of The Week (WOW #13)

Word Of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. (me), it’s a fun way to improve one’s vocabulary by learning new words every week.

WOW

If you want to participate then simply do a post with your WORD and leave the link to your post as a comment on one of my WOW post.

Here’s this week’s WOW:

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Word:

Feckless

Part Of Speech:

feckless: adjective

feck′less·lyadv.
feck′less·ness n.

Pronunciation: 

feck·less

Meaning: 
Lacking initiative or strength of character; irresponsible.
Synonyms:

useless, worthless, incompetent, inefficient, inept, good-for-nothing.

Antonyms:

effective, effectual, efficacious, efficient, expedient, operant, responsible, useful.

Word Origin: 

Late 16th century: from Scots and northern English dialect feck (from effeck, variant of effect) + -less.

Use in sentence: 

adjective:

She can’t rely on her feckless son.

The feckless man no longer cares for his wife ‘s ideals, or even for himself.

noun:

The drill sergeant’s intent was to convince all therecruits of their fecklessness.

adverb:

He performed his functions fecklessly.

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I hope you guys like this word and hope it’s useful to you in some or the other way!

If you want to check out more words like this, then visit my page-

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27 responses to “Word Of The Week (WOW #13)”

  1. I like that one, it has a certain ring to it!

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    1. Thanks a lot Marjorie!!! 🙂

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  2. This is a great word for describing certain characters, Heena. It definitely has a good sound, too. 🙂
    I’ll be doing mine tomorrow.

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    1. Thanks a lot Millie! 🙂
      I’ll look forward to read your!

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  3. Great word Heena! I like the sound of it.

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  4. That’s a good catch. Great Heena!

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      1. With pleasure, Heena! 😊

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  5. When I was a young boy, I thought that this was profanity. 😀

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    1. Haha! I can understand why! 😉

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  6. I really like these words of the week posts Heena. I think I just may use this one in a future poem.
    Thanks a ton.
    🙂

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    1. Thanks a lot Staci!
      I’m really glad you like these posts 🙂

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  7. Yup- nothing feckless about this word!

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  8. […] This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. […]

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  9. Great word, Heena. Some of my favourite characters are feckless. 🙂 Here’s the link to my WOW: https://thestorytellersabode.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/word-of-the-week-wow-jubilation/

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  10. […] of the Week (WOW) is a weekly meme created by Heena Rathore P. It’s a fun way to improve vocabulary by learning new words every […]

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  11. Hmmm me likey! Will be putting that one in regular rotation lol!

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    Just a nice Easter weekend Heena Rathore P…..💗💗💗

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    1. Thanks and same to you 🙂

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    When there again new posts?

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  14. Feckless, interesting! I hadn’t heard of the word before. Thanks Heena 🙂

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    1. Thanks Christy! I hope it’ll come handy in one of your beautiful poems or articles! 🙂 ❤

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