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The real story of the Ground Zero mosque is that the project only became feasible because of the appalling and astonishing fecklessness of the officials who were charged with the reconstruction of the site and the neighborhood all the way back in 2001.
John Podhoretz

Meaning of "fecklessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FECKLESSNESS

fecklessness  [ˈfɛklɪsnɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FECKLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fecklessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FECKLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fecklessness in the English dictionary

The definition of fecklessness in the dictionary is the condition of being feckless.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FECKLESSNESS


aimlessness
ˈeɪmlɪsnɪs
artlessness
ˈɑːtlɪsnɪs
childlessness
ˈtʃaɪldlɪsnɪs
faithlessness
ˈfeɪθlɪsnɪs
fearlessness
ˈfɪəlɪsnɪs
groundlessness
ˈɡraʊndlɪsnɪs
guilelessness
ˈɡaɪllɪsnɪs
heartlessness
ˈhɑːtlɪsnɪs
homelessness
ˈhəʊmlɪsnɪs
lifelessness
ˈlaɪflɪsnɪs
lucklessness
ˈlʌklɪsnɪs
nervelessness
ˈnɜːvlɪsnɪs
noiselessness
ˈnɔɪzlɪsnɪs
relentlessness
rɪˈlɛntlɪsnɪs
senselessness
ˈsɛnslɪsnɪs
shamelessness
ˈʃeɪmlɪsnɪs
tactlessness
ˈtæktlɪsnɪs
tastelessness
ˈteɪstlɪsnɪs
tunelessness
ˈtjuːnlɪsnɪs
worthlessness
ˈwɜːθlɪsnɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FECKLESSNESS

fecht
fechter
fecial
fecit
feck
feckin
fecking
feckless
fecklessly
feckly
fecula
feculae
feculence
feculency
feculent
fecund
fecundate
fecundation
fecundator

WORDS THAT END LIKE FECKLESSNESS

biliousness
business
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
flawlessness
heedlessness
helplessness
hilariousness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
statelessness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of fecklessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fecklessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FECKLESSNESS

Find out the translation of fecklessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fecklessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fecklessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

fecklessness
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

irresponsabilidad
570 millions of speakers

English

fecklessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

fecklessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

fecklessness
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

слабость, беспомощность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

fecklessness
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্প্রভতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

irresponsabilité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Fecklessness
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Nutzlosigkeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

fecklessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

fecklessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fecklessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

fecklessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

fecklessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बेधडकपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

beceriksizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inettitudine
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

fecklessness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

слабкість , безпорадність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

desertaciunii
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

fecklessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fecklessness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fecklessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fecklessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fecklessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FECKLESSNESS»

The term «fecklessness» is normally little used and occupies the 137.130 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FECKLESSNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fecklessness

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QUOTES WITH «FECKLESSNESS»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fecklessness.
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John Podhoretz
The real story of the Ground Zero mosque is that the project only became feasible because of the appalling and astonishing fecklessness of the officials who were charged with the reconstruction of the site and the neighborhood all the way back in 2001.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FECKLESSNESS»

Discover the use of fecklessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fecklessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Poverty, Inequality and Health in Britain, 1800-2000: A Reader
Were the miserable lives of the poor created by externally imposed poverty, or did this misery reflect fecklessness – in particular an inability to stay sober and practice thrift – or ignorance, indicated by an inability to manage on a budget which, ...
George Davey Smith, Daniel Dorling, Mary Shaw, 2001
2
Economics in the Shadows of Darwin and Marx
171) rightly rejects the 'fecklessness' theory of unemployment. However, some individuals may in fact be unemployed because they are feckless. Some may be too lazy to get a job - that being a major reason for their idleness. But this does not ...
Geoffrey Martin Hodgson, 2006
3
Rough Weather
You know that the trail will eventually lead back to you unless you take action. So you send Lamar down to see what these guys are likely to do, and get them out if he can. And you kill Leonard to underscore his fecklessness. Lamar can't get ...
Robert B. Parker, 2009
4
Reprogen-Ethics and the Future of Gender
Two other considerations are worth introducing at this point, on the “sandwich generation” and on male fecklessness. My wife is now the legal guardian of her mildly demented stepmother, now 95. She thus missed being part of the growing  ...
Frida Simonstein, 2009
5
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal ...
This revelatory, unprecedented, insiderÕs account of AfghanistanÕs history since the 1970s, and of U.S. involvement, is indispensable reading for anyone concerned about the current war
Peter Tomsen, 2013
6
Urban Design: Health and the Therapeutic Environment
The debate revolved around the question: is the miserable existence of the poor created by society and the environment, or is their misery the result of fecklessness? Those who believed the cause of poverty was fecklessness could then ...
Cliff Moughtin, Paola Signoretta, Kate McMahon Moughtin, 2009
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Equality and Responsibility
This may suggest that the underlying concern here is not one about fecklessness as such but about the mischiefs that arise out of fecklessness. Seen in this light, our aim is not to eradicate vice but to safeguard self-direction or to guard against  ...
Christopher Lake, 2001
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Thomas Mann: Life as a Work of Art : a Biography
... of the tragic art help to mimic heroics. It is a matter of "unmanly" behavior that is loftily stylized. Most remarkable are the "profundity" and especially the "ethical fecklessness," With "fecklessness" only a pretended volition is meant ...
Hermann Kurzke, 2002
9
Music in a New Found Land: Themes and Developments in the ...
Soon the two modes — the humanity of the mother-child relationship and the fecklessness of gambling — are counterpointed against one another, as Clara sings the Lullaby while the crap-game continues. It looks as though the fecklessness ...
Wilfrid Mellers, 1975
10
The Bhagavad-gītā
With fecklessness and sloth and sleepiness it binds. (9) Goodness causes [a man ] to cling to joy, Passion to works; but Darkness, stifling wisdom, attaches to fecklessness. ... (11) When at all the body's gates wisdom's light arises, then must  ...
Robert Charles Zaehner, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FECKLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fecklessness is used in the context of the following news items.
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War crimes? Genocide? Don't call the International Criminal Court …
South Africa's unwillingness to arrest al-Bashir on charges of war crimes is the latest evidence of the fecklessness of the 13-year-old ICC. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
China's troubled economy: 11 things you need to know - Vox
This apparent fecklessness has rattled markets yet more. "Beijing's inability to stop the recent decline has rattled investors who have long been ... «Vox, Jul 15»
3
This Is How Minions Took Over the World | TIME
Now they're anchoring a feature film in wide-release, despite having no identifiable character traits other than fecklessness and, again, ... «TIME, Jul 15»
4
Financial Crisis? It's all Greek to me, says Herald columnist Max …
Greece, due to its own fiscal fecklessness and the recklessness of bankers and bond-buyers who gave it an ocean of cheap credit because ... «Plymouth Herald, Jul 15»
5
Let's just hope George Osborne's luck holds says PETER OBORNE …
When Mr Cameron became Prime Minister in 2010, the welfare state too often rewarded idleness and fecklessness (as well as corporate ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
6
Battleground of worst ideas of the 20th century
... prospect of fiscal rationality had already been ruined by the fecklessness of previous governments and external forces beyond their control. «gulfnews.com, Jul 15»
7
Illegal deported five times who shot woman: I came back to San …
And blame, of course, for our fearless ruling class, whose fecklessness on border security presented ICE with a choice of either sending ... «Hot Air, Jul 15»
8
Eurozone can't be reformed
Berlin and its allies deride the fecklessness of previous Greek governments, implying that life is one long holiday for workers in Greece, but they ignore the ... «Morning Star Online, Jul 15»
9
Firefighter suspended for flying Confederate flag at Albert Lea parade
In an editorial, the Strib “sputters” at the fecklessness of the last legislature. “There's wide agreement that transportation is critically short on ... «MinnPost, Jul 15»
10
Greece has become a battleground for the worst ideas of the 20th …
... prospect of fiscal rationality had already been ruined by the fecklessness of previous governments and external forces beyond their control. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Fecklessness [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/fecklessness>. May 2024 ».
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