feckless
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The current penchant to dance on graves is an act of feckless abandon that brings the dancer a false joy and triumph over an opponent who can no longer fight back.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
England were "feckless, reckless and legless" on their dismal Ashes tour of Australia, according to the editor of the prestigious Wisden Almanack.
From BBC ● Apr. 13, 2026
In film and television, book clubs are portrayed as a way for women to briefly free themselves from the shackles of domestic responsibility, sticky children, feckless husbands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 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
McCandless wasn’t some feckless slacker, adrift and confused, racked by existential despair.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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