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
In King Vidor’s Show People (1928), the delightful Marion Davies sends up Hollywood — and her own persona — with the assurance that audiences understood the no-longer-inside jokes, spotted the cameos, and laughed at how the feckless leading man takes credit for the exploits of his stunt double.
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
The school essentially was feckless not meting out appropriate discipline and subsequent lack of backing to the teacher.
—Martin Potters, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
This period is not a golden age — but rather the age of feckless politicians.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of these new candidates will be ordinary citizens who are fed up with the feckless and do-nothing politics of the Democratic establishment.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 20 Apr. 2025
The school essentially was feckless not meting out appropriate discipline and subsequent lack of backing to the teacher.
—Martin Potters, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2025
This period is not a golden age — but rather the age of feckless politicians.
—Willie Wilson, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2025
Many of these new candidates will be ordinary citizens who are fed up with the feckless and do-nothing politics of the Democratic establishment.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for feckless
Adjective
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Several attempts to establish at least a partial ceasefire have been unsuccessful.—
DASHA LITVINOVA,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2025
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Later that month, Kalyn Free, an attorney from Oklahoma who was unsuccessful in her bid for a vice chair position, filed a complaint alleging that the DNC improperly merged two separate questions into a single vote.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 May 2025
Adjective
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Businesses often overlook the financial consequences of poor hiring decisions or inefficient technology, yet these areas directly affect the bottom line.—
Raja Walia,
Forbes.com,
16 May 2025
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The space weather exercise overseen by NOAA found that inefficient communication between space weather experts and other government agencies and stakeholders likely to deal with the fallout of these incidents could lead to incorrect conclusions.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
16 May 2025
Adjective
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For a business, a high-speed connection can mean the difference between productive or ineffectual operations, customer satisfaction or abandonment, and ultimately profit or loss.—
Glenn Katz,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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We’re trapped behind a screen, too, and even more ineffectual at stopping these characters from hurting themselves and each other.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The underlying premise of the Norwegian method is that hero workouts that leave you crumpled by the side of the track are counterproductive.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
19 May 2025
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But regulating for the sake of regulating is counterproductive, and the existing framework already goes way beyond policing fraud and consumer harms.—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2025
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“Feckless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/feckless. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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