feckless
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Her joy of divorcing my father was twofold as she not only left a somewhat feckless husband, but also de-Mycock-ed herself.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2026
In film and television, book clubs are portrayed as a way for women to briefly free themselves from the shackles of domestic responsibility, sticky children, feckless husbands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026
But Norwich doesn’t ignore the republic’s bumblers and stumblers and the “sad, feckless men” who presided over its downfall in 1797.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
Your husband won’t join you in therapy if you put pressure on him or threaten him with divorce or tell him that he is feckless if he does not come along.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2025
They stayed, stubborn relics of a misplaced childhood, reminding anyone who witnessed his pointless, endless, feckless belligerence, that this man was once a boy.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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