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If something is in abeyance, it has been put on hold and is not proceeding or being used at the present time.
When you are adept at something, you are very good, skillful, or talented at it.
Someone who is adroit is skillful and clever, especially in thought, behavior, or action.
A bravura performance, such as of a highly technical work for the violin, is done with consummate skill.
The caliber of a person is the level or quality of their ability, intelligence, and other talents.
A cogent reason or argument is strong and convincing.
If someone is competent in a job, they are able and skilled enough to do it well.
If someone shows consummate skill at doing something, that person’s skill is very great or almost perfect in every way.
A deft movement or action is made quickly and with skill.
Something that is defunct is no longer in existence or does not function.
If you describe a person, group, or civilization as effete, you mean it is weak, exhausted, powerless, unproductive, and/or corrupt.
Efficacy is the ability or power to produce an expected effect or result.
Errant things or people behave in a way that is unacceptable or wrong, such as a missile that travels in the wrong direction or a student who does not follow classroom rules.
A thing or action that is expedient is useful, advantageous, or appropriate to get something accomplished.
If you think something, such as a statement or idea, is fatuous, you consider it stupid or extremely silly; a fatuous hope is unrealistic.
Flair can either refer to a natural talent that you possess or the ability you have to make the most of your personal style.
A fruitless effort at doing something does not bring about a successful result.
A futile attempt at doing something is hopeless and pointless because it simply cannot be accomplished.
A hapless person is unlucky, so much so that a stream of unfortunate things has happened and continues to happen to them.
Someone who has had an illustrious professional career is celebrated and outstanding in their given field of expertise.
When someone implements something, such as a plan, they carry it out or perform it.
If you describe someone’s behavior as inane, you think it is completely stupid or without much meaning.
Someone who is ineffectual at a task is useless or ineffective when attempting to do it.
Someone who is inept is unable or unsuitable to do a job; hence, they are unfit for it.
Something that has inestimable value or benefit has so much of it that it cannot be calculated.
If something is infallible, it is never wrong and so is incapable of making mistakes.
Ingenuity in solving a problem uses creativity, intelligence, and cleverness.
If you do something in a lackadaisical way, you do it carelessly and without putting much effort into it—thereby showing that you are not really interested in what you’re doing.
When you are listless, you lack energy and interest and are unwilling to exert any effort.
Someone who is meritorious is worthy of receiving recognition or is praiseworthy because of what they have accomplished.
Someone who is nonchalant is very relaxed and appears not to be worried about anything.
If you perpetrate something, you commit a crime or do some other bad thing for which you are responsible.
If you have prowess, you possess considerable skill or ability in something.
Something is quintessential when it is a perfect example of its type.
When you have been remiss, you have been careless because you did not do something that you should have done.
A seasoned professional has a great deal of experience in what they do.
Something that is superfluous is unnecessary; it is more than what is wanted or needed at the current time.
A superlative deed or act is excellent, outstanding, or the best of its kind.
Someone who is ungainly is clumsy or awkward; something ungainly can be difficult to use, primarily because of its size or weight.
If you are unrelenting in your desire to do something, you stop at nothing until you’ve done it.
If you are unsurpassed in what you do, you are the best—period.
A versatile person is skillful at doing many different things; likewise, a tool with this quality can perform numerous tasks.
A virtuoso is someone who is very skillful at something, especially playing a musical instrument.
Adj.
feckless
FEK-lis
Context
Freddy Foster was a feckless, lazy, and unfocused fellow who had no purpose whatsoever. After dropping out of school, he moved from one aimless, feckless plan to the next, never truly settling on one thing. His careless, feckless attitude bothered his parents and made them worry about his future. Freddy was unconcerned about what might happen if he didn’t give up his thoughtless, irresponsible, and feckless neglect of his own future.
Quiz:Try again!
How might a feckless person enjoy spending a Saturday?
Working out with friends at the gym.
Researching the different ways to invest their money.
Fanny Nanny the Peckless HenFanny was such a feckless hen that she pecked much less than the other chickens, and some days just stood on her perch all day long.
Examples
European airlines face not only feckless competitors such as the perennially loss-making Alitalia but also, outside Europe, a Byzantine system of bilateral agreements that govern flights between countries.
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The Economist
If Congress wins outright, it could in theory give Nepal decisive and intelligent government for the next five years, untroubled by factions and feckless allies.
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The Economist
Adopting this number and its attendant attitude allows Eddie [Van Halen] to pursue, with feckless uniformity of purpose, any and all musical ideas foaming in his brain.
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Rolling Stone
One who is feckless is “lacking” in the “doing or making” of anything.
Word Theater
An Extremely Goofy Movie As a feckless employee, Goofy brings factory production to a halt with his incompetence.
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