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[ fek-lis ] / ˈfɛk lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR feckless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveineffective; incompetent; futile: feckless attempts to repair the plumbing. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy. Origin of feckless1590–1600; originally Scots, equivalent to feck,late Middle English (Scots ) fek, aphetic form of effeck (Scots form of effect) + -less OTHER WORDS FROM fecklessfeck·less·ly, adverbfeck·less·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH fecklessfeckless , recklessWords nearby fecklessFechner-Weber law, fecht, fecit, feck, fecking, feckless, fecula, feculent, fecund, fecundate, fecundation Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for fecklessStill, the video is a reminder of how feckless U.S. efforts to free American hostages have become. A 26-Year-Old Woman Is ISIS’s Last American Hostage|Shane Harris|November 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST This disdain stems from anger at intrusive Congressional action and feckless Congressional inaction. Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff On Congressional Travel Disclosure|Jack Abramoff|July 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST In contrast to the feckless Iraqi commanders who fled Mosul, these Iranian forces are disciplined, motivated, and ruthless. How Iran and America Can Beat ISIS Together|Ben Van Heuvelen|June 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST Strategic recklessness aside, the chief problem with the plan was that it needed a weak, feckless opposition. Jim DeMint’s New Obamacare Attack: It Wasn’t Approved|Jamelle Bouie|October 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The old Kaiser Franz Joseph, faithful and hardworking, was the obverse of the feckless and impetuous German kaiser. Before the Fall: What Did the World Look Like in 1913?|Jacob Heilbrunn|June 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST I will never have seen such a feckless creature of a woman; surely all there was of her would tell her ay or no. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25)|Robert Louis Stevenson Feckless, dilatory and extravagant, she saw as in a vision her own shortcomings and how they might involve disaster for Christine. The Pretty Lady |Arnold E. Bennett No shivering Dot to coerce into good humor; no feckless Jack to frown into order; no grim Deborah to coax and help. Esther|Rosa Nouchette Carey "It caps all—you niver heard sec feckless wark," she was saying. A Son of Hagar|Sir Hall Caine I am a feckless body, I know; and Mollie takes after me—we both hate running in grooves.' Lover or Friend|Rosa Nouchette Carey
British Dictionary definitions for feckless
adjectivefeeble; weak; ineffectual; irresponsible Derived forms of fecklessfecklessly, adverbfecklessness, nounWord Origin for fecklessC16: from obsolete feck value, effect + -less Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to fecklessaimless, carefree, careless, feeble, fustian, futile, good-for-nothing, hopeless, incautious, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual, irresponsible, meaningless, reckless, shiftless, useless, weak, wild, worthless |