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feckless Definition

feck·less (feklis)

adjective

  1. weak; ineffective
  2. careless; irresponsible

Etymology: Scot < feck (aphetic for effect) + -less

feckless Related Forms
feck·lessly adverb feck·less·ness noun
feckless Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • parent: Even children of feckless parents will gain because choice works at the margins.
  • father: Twenty years ago, black men were routinely seen on TV as pimps, muggers, drug dealers and feckless fathers.
  • mother: Unfortunately, for many it is that well-known stereotype, the " feckless teenage mother " .
  • man: The feckless man no longer cares for his wife's ideals, or even for himself.
  • servant: Government IT projects either fail because of overambitious, and under-achieving, suppliers or because of incompetent and feckless civil servants.
  • boyfriend: Worse still she hadn't anyone in the world to turn to apart from the feckless boyfriend who helped her to become an addict.

Modifying Another Word

  • not: Anyone who knows us will be aware that we're not feckless.

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