thaveless
/ˈθeɪvləs
/(also thieveless /ˈθiːvləs/)
adjective Scottish & Northern Irish
Ineffectual or feeble: you’re the most thaveless man in creation...
- He's nothing but a thaveless clat.
- "Yon thaveless hussy is clean out of her mind," said Betty.
- She was thaveless—without question, the world champion at cutting her knees, knocking things over, and crying her eyes out.
Origin
Early 18th century: perhaps an alternation of thewless 'without energy'.