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Feckless vs Clueless - What's the difference?

feckless | clueless |

As adjectives the difference between feckless and clueless

is that feckless is lacking purpose while clueless is lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed.

feckless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Lacking purpose.
  • * 2005 , Canberra Times , September 10
    • It is the beauty of great games when they are played at their highest level and the extraordinary thing now is that we do not have to trawl back through all the years of your inexorable progress from feckless beach boy to master sportsman."
  • Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
  • (UK) Lacking the courage to act in any meaningful way.
  • (British, archaic) Lacking vitality.

    • Synonyms

    * futile, hopeless, ineffective, ineffectual, feeble, meaningless, useless * unpurposed, worthless, aimless, careless, reckless, irresponsible

    Antonyms

    * effective, efficient, meaningful, useful * purposeful, careful, responsible

    Related terms

    * fecklessly * fecklessness

    External links

    * *

    clueless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking knowledge or understanding; uninformed.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * See also

    Antonyms

    * clueful * informed

    Derived terms

    * cluelessly * cluelessness