бесхарактерный

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Russian

Etymology

First attested in 1829. бес- (bes-) +‎ хара́ктер (xarákter) +‎ -ный (-nyj), possibly, a calque of German charakterlos.

Pronunciation

Adjective

бесхара́ктерный (besxarákternyj) (comparative (по)бесхара́ктернее or (по)бесхара́ктерней)

  1. weak-willed, spineless

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References

  • Arapova, N. S. (2000) “бесхарактерный”, in Kalʹki v russkom jazyke poslepetrovskovo perioda. Opyt slovarja [Calques in Post-Petrine Russian. An Essay of a Dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 56