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Definition of Feckless
1. Adjective. Not fit to assume responsibility.
2. Adjective. Generally incompetent and ineffectual. "Inept handling of the account"
Definition of Feckless
1. a. Spiritless; weak; worthless.
Definition of Feckless
1. Adjective. Lacking purpose. ¹
2. Adjective. Without skill, ineffective, incompetent. ¹
3. Adjective. (U.K.) Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way. ¹
4. Adjective. (British archaic) Lacking vitality. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Feckless
1. worthless [adj] - See also: worthless
Lexicographical Neighbors of Feckless
Literary usage of Feckless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1884)
"I am not aware whether the word feckless belongs to the dialect or not, but I
have introduced the name of the unfortunate young woman mentioned by Sir ..."
2. Scotia's Bards: The Choice Productions of the Scottish Poets, with Brief (1856)
"The' sma'est things in nature are feckless as they're sma', They tak' up unco
little space—there's room enough for a'; And this poor witless wanderer, ..."
3. Glossary of Words in Use in Cornwall by Margaret Ann Courtney, Thomas Quiller Couch (1880)
"1630, may be found amusing: feckless FANNY. I am not aware whether the word
feckless belongs to the dialect or not, but I have introduced the name of the ..."
4. The Songs and Ballads of Cumberland: To which are Added Dialect and Other by Sidney Gilpin (1866)
"... feckless WULLY. Wee Wully wuns on yonder brow, And Wully he hes ... But nought
cou'd feckless Wully dui, To get them sweethearts weel to see. ..."
5. The Influence of Anthropology on the Course of Political Science by John Linton Myres (1916)
"... and in particular of his island property, he corresponds too closely with the
current sixteenth century descriptions of the feckless, passionate "child ..."
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