In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
HAPLESS
hapless, miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched
(adjective) 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”; “Oh, you poor thing”; “his poor distorted limbs”; “a wretched life”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hapless (comparative more hapless, superlative most hapless)
Very unlucky; ill-fated.
Devoid of talent or skill.
Anagrams
• phasels, plashes, shpeals
Source: Wiktionary
Hap"less, a.
Definition: Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ABOUND
(verb) be in a state of movement or action; “The room abounded with screaming children”; “The garden bristled with toddlers”
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