-klə̇s adjective
Etymology: feck + -less
1.
a. : weak in mind or body : helpless , incompetent
a pretty, feckless little widow who is not very good at “managing” — New Statesman & Nation
b. : inefficient
a day of feckless house heating
2. : having no real worth or purpose : meaningless , purposeless
a feckless figurehead
what strikes most at first, frequently turns out to be feckless — Amy Lowell
three years of feckless negotiations — Time
3.
a. : lazy and worthless
here were failure and defeat visiting the energetic along with the feckless , the able along with the unable — F.L.Allen
b. : indifferent to responsibility : unreliable
4. : awkward and unskilled
5. : unthinking , irresponsible
a certain childish, feckless gaiety
6. : impractical and shiftless
he was feckless , a gambler, a lover of what is called low company, but he was generous — Robert Lynd
• feck·less·ly adverb
• feck·less·ness noun -es