feckless
lacking initiative, competence, or a sense of responsibility
Word origin: From feck, a Scots variant of effect, plus -less.
Feckless in a sentence
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His feckless management left the project months behind schedule.
The report blamed years of feckless management for the institution's slow decline.
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The treaty's terms were deliberately blank, allowing each side to interpret the key clauses in whatever way best suited its own interests.
Using “feckless” well
Feckless suggests a mix of incompetence and irresponsibility, an inability to get things done coupled with a lack of care. Feck is an old Scots word for effect or worth.
More GRE words starting with F
to make up something false in order to deceive
a deliberately false statement or invented account intended to mislead
a person who invents elaborate or untruthful stories
treating serious matters with inappropriate or flippant humor
achieved too easily and therefore superficial or shallow
to make an action or process easier or more achievable
a small, organized group within a larger one, especially one that is in opposition
inclined to form rival groups and provoke internal dissent
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