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Maladroit vs Feckless - What's the difference?

maladroit | feckless |

As adjectives the difference between maladroit and feckless

is that maladroit is inept; clumsy; awkward; not adroit while feckless is lacking purpose.

As a noun maladroit

is somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.

maladroit

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • inept; clumsy; awkward; not adroit

    • Derived terms

    * maladroitly * maladroitness

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Somebody who is inept, or lacking in skill, or talent.

    • Anagrams

    * ----

    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

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