FECKLESS Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

feckless

adjective

ˈfek-ləs

Definition of feckless

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 Puritans regarded the Cavalier lifestyle, inherited from Charles’s court, as a feckless round of feasting, gambling, and wenching. — James Traub, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Now, remember, all of these ifs depend on a government that remains feckless and people who are too disparate to stop the data center build-out. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 June 2026 Forming a task force to address immigrant discrimination is simultaneously offensive and feckless. — Torrey Snow, Baltimore Sun, 9 June 2026 Bowing to Trump, feckless state legislators have unconstitutionally gerrymandered Democratic-leaning congressional districts out of existence. — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 30 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for feckless

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The business hired attorneys to appeal the county’s assessment, Cerny said, but were unsuccessful.

— Evgenia Anastasakos, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
Alonso may have had an unsuccessful spell managing Real Madrid, but went unbeaten to win the Bundesliga with Bayer Leverkusen in his second season of senior management.

— Art de Roché, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of unsuccessful

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As a business expands, growth has a way of exposing things like inefficient workflows and inconsistent processes that were once manageable, but on a smaller scale.

— Farzana Abdulhusein, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Another common argument is that single-payer systems are inherently inefficient, as evidenced ostensibly by long waits for treatment suffered by patients in single-payer countries such as Canada.

— Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of inefficient

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For nearly two decades, Rahul Gandhi has been portrayed as an entitled and ineffectual politician who could neither revive the Indian National Congress party nor challenge the iron rule of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

— Rana Ayyub, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2026
Eventually, another clause was added to restrict the maximum number of fielders placed behind square on the leg side to two, making bodyline, which requires positioning multiple fielders in that area of the field, largely ineffectual.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026

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