fecklessness

Example Sentences

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Mr. Chanler-Berat brings a sad sense of insecurity to Evgeny, particularly in the scenes when he addresses his father—who remains unseen—abjectly trying to justify his fecklessness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

Vance, about the nobility of raising children and the supposed irresponsibility and fecklessness of the childless.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

Hank has failed upward throughout the show, and his fecklessness has, in a very real way, saved his life a couple of times.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2022

To the strategist, this little essay is a master class in the fecklessness of bombing populations.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

This is not, for us, an occasion for joy like a snow day for the grade-school crowd, because Ted blames us for his customers’ fecklessness.

From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich