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WANKLE
Etymology
Adjective
wankle (comparative more wankle, superlative most wankle)
(UK dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) Weak; unstable; unreliable; not to be depended on.
Anagrams
• knawel
Source: Wiktionary
Wan"kle, a. Etym: [AS. wancol.]
Definition: Not to be depended on; weak; unstable. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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