feckless

Example Sentences

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In some regards this narrator, a husband and father, is Mr. Lerner’s most mature alter ego, but he often seems like the same schlemiel as the feckless grad student in “Leaving the Atocha Station.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Your husband won’t join you in therapy if you put pressure on him or threaten him with divorce or tell him that he is feckless if he does not come along.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 9, 2025

Your mileage may vary as to whether Egg Whataboutism is a feckless approach.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2025

At one point, he triumphantly held up the taped-together Pope photo, like a feckless politician stirring up his base.

From New York Times • Jul. 26, 2023

There was a commotion at the locker room door and the manager’s voice was raised in a shrill, feckless protest.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy