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[ hap-lis ] / ˈhæp lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hapless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveunlucky; luckless; unfortunate. Origin of haplessFirst recorded in 1560–70; hap1 + -less SYNONYMS FOR haplessmiserable, woebegone, wretched, forlorn; pathetic, pitiable. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hapless ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM haplesshap·less·ly, adverbhap·less·ness, nounWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH haplesshapless , haply, happilyWords nearby haplesshaphazardly, haphazardry, haphephobia, Haphsiba, Haphtarah, hapless, haplite, haplo-, haplobiont, haplography, haplogroup Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for haplessIt helps that Wendy Davis is a hapless opponent, but as a test proving it can be done, any success is welcomed. How Old People Will Decide Your Future|Stuart Stevens|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST “At first I was happy to be learning to read,” explains the hapless adult illiterate Office Barbrady in an early episode. Why Your Kids Must Watch ‘South Park’|Nick Gillespie|September 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST It becomes a hapless gesture of uninformed social media departments who perceive the potential of engagement without consequences. Jameis Winston's Inevitable #epicfail|Gideon Resnick|August 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST With them are thousands of other hapless mall-goers, descending rapidly into deadly anarchy. The War Inside: Terrorism & Teenhood in ‘No Dawn Without Darkness’|Hugh Ryan|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Finally, Cleese goose-steps out of the dining room as the hapless Germans cringe and sob. Life Under Air Strikes: Children Under Fire Will Never Forget — or Forgive|Clive Irving|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Who should call on me but the father of the hapless Harry Robinson. The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne|William J. Locke She inquired the name of the man of rank who had acted so treacherously to the hapless girl. The Golden Dog|William Kirby The vessels bearing the new Governor and Intendant, however, suffered the most hapless violence. Old Quebec|Sir Gilbert Parker and Claude Glennon Bryan Sleep in peace, ill-starred daughter of my hapless fatherland! The Reign of Greed|Jose Rizal Yet to them these hapless babes must look for all the earthly happiness they could hope to enjoy. Life in the Grey Nunnery at Montreal|Sarah J Richardson
British Dictionary definitions for haplessDerived forms of haplesshaplessly, adverbhaplessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to haplessunlucky, woeful, cursed, ill-fated, loser, luckless, miserable, sad sack, star-crossed, unhappy, untoward, wretched, infelicitous, behind the eightball, hexed, ill-starred, jinxed, jonah, snakebit, voodooed |