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Mr. Chanler-Berat brings a sad sense of insecurity to Evgeny, particularly in the scenes when he addresses his father—who remains unseen—abjectly trying to justify his fecklessness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

That linguistic timidity —our inability to name what’s happening — is itself a form of complicity, and the result of a combination of fear and fecklessness.

From Salon • Nov. 13, 2025

Vance, about the nobility of raising children and the supposed irresponsibility and fecklessness of the childless.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 30, 2024

To the strategist, this little essay is a master class in the fecklessness of bombing populations.

From Washington Post • Apr. 5, 2022

Also on the list are the punitive armies of Rome, the fecklessness of Byzantium, Ottoman indifference, and British gunboats.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro