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"ref": "September 10 2005, Canberra Times",
"text": "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.",
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"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "廢嘅"
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"sense": "lacking purpose",
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"sense": "lacking purpose",
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"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "päämäärätön"
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"Without skill, ineffective, incompetent."
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"word": "вял"
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"roman": "bezpolezen",
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"word": "безполезен"
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"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mou⁵ ceot¹ sik¹ ge³",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "冇出息嘅"
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "hjælpeløs"
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"word": "uduelig"
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "inefficiënt"
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "onhandig"
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "aikaansaamaton"
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"word": "avuton"
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"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "pystymätön"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "incapable"
},
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"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "unfähig"
},
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"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "untauglich"
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"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "wirkungslos"
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"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "ineffizient"
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"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aníkanos",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "ανίκανος"
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "nekapabla"
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "hjelpeløs"
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"word": "udugelig"
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"_dis1": "3 91 3 3",
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "ubehjelpelig"
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"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "бесполе́зный"
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"word": "безпомощен"
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"word": "kraftlos"
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"word": "ασθενής"
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"purpose",
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]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Without skill, ineffective, incompetent."
],
"links": [
[
"skill",
"skill"
],
[
"ineffective",
"ineffective"
],
[
"incompetent",
"incompetent"
]
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way."
]
},
{
"categories": [
"British English",
"English terms with archaic senses"
],
"glosses": [
"Lacking vitality."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(British, archaic) Lacking vitality."
],
"tags": [
"British",
"archaic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɛkləs/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈfɛklɪs/",
"tags": [
"General-American",
"Received-Pronunciation"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛkləs"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛklɪs"
},
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"tags": [
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US)"
},
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"tags": [
"Australia"
],
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}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"sense": "ineffective",
"tags": [
"weak"
],
"word": "futile"
},
{
"sense": "ineffective",
"tags": [
"weak"
],
"word": "hopeless"
},
{
"sense": "ineffective",
"tags": [
"weak"
],
"word": "ineffective"
},
{
"sense": "ineffective",
"tags": [
"weak"
],
"word": "ineffectual"
},
{
"sense": "ineffective",
"tags": [
"weak"
],
"word": "feeble"
},
{
"sense": "ineffective",
"tags": [
"weak"
],
"word": "meaningless"
},
{
"sense": "ineffective",
"tags": [
"weak"
],
"word": "useless"
},
{
"sense": "worthless, irresponsible",
"word": "unpurposed"
},
{
"sense": "worthless, irresponsible",
"word": "worthless"
},
{
"sense": "worthless, irresponsible",
"word": "aimless"
},
{
"sense": "worthless, irresponsible",
"word": "careless"
},
{
"sense": "worthless, irresponsible",
"word": "reckless"
},
{
"sense": "worthless, irresponsible",
"word": "irresponsible"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezcelen",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "безцелен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "naprazen",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "напразен"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "廢嘅"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "fai³ ge³",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "废嘅"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "hjælpeløs"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "initiativløs"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "doelloos"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "päämäärätön"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "joutavanpäiväinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "irréfléchi"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "irresponsable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "nichtsnutzig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "nutzlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "ziellos"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "áskopos",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "άσκοπος"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "hjelpeløs"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "initiativløs"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "ineficient"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "inutil"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bescélʹnyj",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "бесце́льный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "naprásnyj",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "напра́сный"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "hjälplös"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "lacking purpose",
"word": "rådlös"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vjal",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "вял"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpolezen",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "безполезен"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "mou⁵ ceot¹ sik¹ ge³",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "冇出息嘅"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "hjælpeløs"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "uduelig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "inefficiënt"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "onhandig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "aikaansaamaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "saamaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "avuton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "pystymätön"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "incapable"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "unfähig"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "untauglich"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "wirkungslos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "ineffizient"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "ineffektiv"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "aníkanos",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "ανίκανος"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "nekapabla"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "hjelpeløs"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "udugelig"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "ubehjelpelig"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespoléznyj",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "бесполе́зный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vjályj",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "вя́лый"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "without skill, ineffective",
"word": "oduglig"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vjal",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "вял"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "slab",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "слаб"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "futloos"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "saamaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "heikkotahtoinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "kraftlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "schlapp"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "lahmarschig"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "asthenís",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "ασθενής"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vjályj",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "вя́лый"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "slábyj",
"sense": "lacking vitality",
"word": "сла́бый"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "bezpomošten",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "безпомощен"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "lamlendig"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "neuvoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "saamaton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "tahdoton"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "heikkoluonteinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "schwach"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "mutlos"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "schlaff"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "matt"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "unmotiviert"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ávoulos",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "άβουλος"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "bespómoščnyj",
"sense": "lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way",
"word": "беспо́мощный"
}
],
"word": "feckless"
}
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