About The Word Hapless
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Hapless
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What's The Definition Of Hapless?
[adj] deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim"; "miserable victims of war"; "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy; "piteous appeals for help"; "pitiable homeless children"; "a pitiful fate"; "couldn't rescue the poor fellow"; "his poor distorted limbs"; "a wretched life"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hapless: miserable | misfortunate | pathetic | piteous | pitiable | pitiful | poor | unfortunate | wretched Related Terms | Find terms related to Hapless: badly off | depressed | dire | donsie | doomful | evil-starred | fatal | fortuneless | funest | ill off | ill-fated | ill-starred | in adverse circumstances | inauspicious | infelicitous | luckless | miserable | ominous | out of luck | planet-struck | sad | short of luck | star-crossed | unblessed | underprivileged | unfortunate | unhappy | unlucky | unprosperous | unprovidential | untoward | woeful | wretched See Also | Hapless In Webster's Dictionary \Hap"less\, a.
Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy;
as, hapless youth; hapless maid. --Dryden.
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