English

Adjective

feckless ‎(comparative more feckless, superlative most feckless)

1. Lacking purpose.
   • 2005, Canberra Times, September 10

     It is the beauty of great games when they are played at their highest level and the extraordinary thing now is that we do not have to trawl back through all the years of your inexorable progress from feckless beach boy to master sportsman."

2. Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
3. (Britain) Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
4. (Britain, archaic) Lacking vitality.

Synonyms

• (weak, ineffective): futile, hopeless, ineffective, ineffectual, feeble, meaningless, useless
• (worthless, irresponsible): unpurposed, worthless, aimless, careless, reckless, irresponsible

Antonyms

• (weak, ineffective): effective, efficient, meaningful, useful
• (worthless, irresponsible): purposeful, careful, responsible

Related terms

• fecklessly
• fecklessness

Translations

External links

• feckless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• feckless in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911