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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