feckless
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8.6
- adjective
- /ˈfɛkləs/
- Offensive
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inepto
- The committee's feckless response to the crisis left many people disappointed.
And then Joe Biden, this feckless man, was left to just wing it.
- And then Joe Biden, this feckless man, was left to just wing it.
- If we let this happen in our name, we are a feckless country.
- They're ignorant, they're xenophobic, they're racist, they're obese, they're feckless.
- But the caveat that I would offer on that topic is, is the fact that literacy without action is, is feckless.
Examples
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How are you gonna figure it out with this kind of feckless approach?
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A world ravaged by war and poverty led by feckless fear mongers.
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If we let this happen in our name, we are a feckless country.
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We can look forward to more attacks and an Iranian bomb under this feckless administration.
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What a feckless, inconsiderate man.
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Without this understanding, there is a significant risk that management actions will be wasteful or feckless.
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Sooner rather than later, we're going to look back on TikTok and how feckless and how naive we were.
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The poor become either deserving or feckless, thereby absolving society from responsibility for any who can be seen as leeching its resources.
Academic text (2016) -
Alas for Anna, who had no inkling that her feckless self-indulgence was imperiling the fate of democracy!
Academic text (1999) -
So much for the vaunted "re-start" promised by Obama, hapless Joe Biden, and the feckless Hillary Clinton.
Blog text (18)
Synonyms
312
1.5
Not strong in will and easily gives in to pressure
203
3.2
Not thinking about what will happen after you act
79
2.8
A lack of thought about possible danger or consequences
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3.7
Not strong or effective in producing results
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7.3
Not firm or brave when making decisions
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8.6
Showing little energy or interest and doing things slowly and carelessly
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8.2
Not able to make clear decisions quickly
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7.9
Not brave or strong enough to face difficult things
Not willing to work or make effort
Antonyms
How Responsible
Surface Forms
Morphology
feckless = feck (semi-transparent) = feck + less
Formation from 'feck' + '-less' is regular, but 'feck' is an obscure Scots noun so learners may not know the base meaning 'effectiveness'.
Etymology
Feckless comes from an old Scottish word feck meaning 'effect' or 'value', the same idea behind the English word effect. With the -less part meaning 'without', feckless literally means 'without effect', which is why it describes someone or something weak, ineffective, or irresponsible.