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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwo definitions from the American Heritage Dictionary
Both used in commentary this week.
feck·less (fĕklĭs)
adj.
1. Careless and irresponsible: "political prestidigitation designed to distract public attention from his feckless flouting of basic ethical principles" (Doug Ireland).
2. Feeble or ineffective: "Pickering's life was routinely threatened, and one feckless attempt had already been made to kidnap or kill him" (Garry Wills).
churl·ish (chûrlĭsh)
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adj.
1. Having a bad disposition; surly: "as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear" (Shakespeare).
2. Archaic Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.
3. Archaic Difficult to work with; intractable. Used as of soil.
Xipe Totec
(43,888 posts)SATURNINUS
Marcus, for thy sake and thy brother's here,
And at my lovely Tamora's entreats,
I do remit these young men's heinous faults: Stand up.
Lavinia, though you left me like a churl,
I found a friend, and sure as death I swore
I would not part a bachelor from the priest.
Come, if the emperor's court can feast two brides,
You are my guest, Lavinia, and your friends.
This day shall be a love-day, Tamora.
- Titus Andronicus
Act I, Scene I
cyclonefence
(4,483 posts)Cuncation: The action of delaying or putting off doing something. As in Trump's cunctation cost many Americans their lives.
dweller
(23,613 posts)a feckless churl
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churlish feck
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