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hapless

[ hap-lis ]

adjective

  1. unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,



hapless

/ ˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. unfortunate; wretched
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ󲹱, adverb
  • ˈ󲹱Ա, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • 󲹱l· adverb
  • 󲹱l·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of hapless1

First recorded in 1560–70; hap 1 + -less
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And some of the supporting performances are simplistic, with Sparks’ Steve unbelievably hapless as a spiritual guide and Skarsgård’s Ron a cartoonish imagining of blind religious devotion.

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The hapless loves do awaken some 2 1/2 hours into a 3 1/2-hour performance, becoming more serious, if not that much less superficial.

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They continued with their months of being a hapless, ineffective, and neutered opposition party.

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Musselman was only 37 when he was hired to coach the hapless Golden State Warriors.

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Paul and Barry were the well-meaning but hapless, accident-prone brothers who unintentionally caused chaos wherever they went, often with the mutterings of "To me, to you".

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