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Meanings of feckless in English

Generally incompetent and ineffectual.

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Examples for "inept"
1
Quite another to borrow money to fund a bloated, inept, patronage-driven state.
The South African
2
Back in the day, they used to be extremely hapless and inept.
The Guardian
3
Greece's national accounts turned out to be fiction and the state inept.
The Guardian
4
Seeking reaction from Argentinians who were so horribly inept is heavy work.
The Irish Times
5
At first, I thought it was a comment on my inept synopsis.
The Guardian
Usage of feckless in English
1
The education secretary, Michael Gove, blames feckless parenting and household financial mismanagement.
The Guardian
2
Not for her feckless ways and the disaster she'd drawn them into.
Ruthless
3
How about if the Lads had described Africans as lazy, feckless etc?
The Guardian
4
Even better, why not describe some Islamic fundamentalists as lazy and feckless?
The Guardian
5
And who can count how high the prayers of the feckless go!
Pierre and His People: Tales of the Far North. Volume 3.
6
The gods were supposed to ravish feckless girls, not hardened Achaean warriors.
Discord's apple
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Pretty boys can be feckless, their heads turning at each passing fancy.
The Disposable Male
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Poor feckless creature, what could have ever been her attraction for Phillips!
All Roads Lead to Calvary
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Islington council has proved, somewhat predictably, too feckless to find a sensible solution.
The Guardian
10
It's high time that feckless terrorist was made to be responsible for you.
Dogsbody
11
They were alike in good dispositions, feckless morals, and personal appearance.
The Entire Project Gutenberg Works of Mark Twain
12
There are the feckless and muddle-headed, making heavy weather of the simplest tasks.
The First Hundred Thousand: Being the Unofficial Chronicle of a ...
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As a girl, you're seen as feckless and out of control.
The Guardian
14
Either you're German like us, or you're one of those worthless, feckless Frogs.
The forgotten soldier
15
Being from a low-income background doesn't mean you're feckless or lazy.
The Guardian
16
There is only feckless old Miss Joliffe and her stuck-up niece.
The Nebuly Coat
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