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hapless

[ hap-lis ]

adjective

  1. unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,



hapless

/ ˈ³óʱè±ôɪ²õ /

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

  • ˈ³ó²¹±è±ô±ð²õ²õ±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ³ó²¹±è±ô±ð²õ²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³ó²¹±èl±ð²õ²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ³ó²¹±èl±ð²õ²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hapless1

First recorded in 1560–70; hap 1 + -less
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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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Does The Times really believe that the rest of MLB plans to simply play comedic foil to the Dodgers, like the hapless Washington Generals did for the Harlem Globetrotters?

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