as in unsuccessful
not producing the desired result
a well-intentioned but feckless response to the rise in school violence
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Recent Examples of feckless
The autocrat is viewed as both feckless and corrupt.
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Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Tensions between them flare, as does frustration with their feckless brother, Branwell.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Hideko Takamine stars as Fumiko, a poor young woman who does manual labor and works as a bar hostess while writing poetry and prose that confront her struggle to survive alongside the feckless and brutal men in her life.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
To date, Governor Moore’s public statements concerning MPRP have been feckless, at best.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
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Sean Durns, The Washington Examiner, 6 June 2025
Tensions between them flare, as does frustration with their feckless brother, Branwell.
—Alida Becker, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Hideko Takamine stars as Fumiko, a poor young woman who does manual labor and works as a bar hostess while writing poetry and prose that confront her struggle to survive alongside the feckless and brutal men in her life.
—Hilton Als, New Yorker, 16 May 2025
To date, Governor Moore’s public statements concerning MPRP have been feckless, at best.
—Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feckless
Adjective
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Barca even took a legal case against the regulations to a Catalan court but were unsuccessful.—
Dermot Corrigan,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Their efforts were unsuccessful, paving the way for Read's retrial this spring.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Windmills, and the rest of this 'JUNK,' are the most expensive and inefficient energy in the world, is destroying the beauty of the environment, and is 10 times more costly than any other energy.—
Adeola Adeosun
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 June 2025
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This type of development is inefficient at housing large populations.—
Kristian Fors,
Oc Register,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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Simply declaring long-term goals without follow-up and enforcement is ineffectual and undermines Europe’s geostrategic credibility.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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There’s no one culprit but instead a collection of factors that have provided the ineffectual Congress of today.—
Charlie Hunt,
The Conversation,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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Beyond that, such dramatic moves could be counterproductive.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
23 June 2025
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Targeting the employers themselves, some of whom Trump relies on for support, would be counterproductive to his agenda, Reisz said.—
Caroline Petrow-Cohen,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2025
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“Feckless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feckless. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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