Meaning & use
Fecklessness
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The quality of being ineffective, irresponsible, or lacking initiative and purpose.
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Critics blamed the project's failure on the manager's fecklessness.
His fecklessness with money left the family constantly in debt.
A note on using this word
From the Scots word feck, meaning effect or vigor; "feckless" literally means lacking effect.
Words with a similar meaning
ineptitudeirresponsibility
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Words with an opposite meaning
competencediligence
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