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Examples of hapless
hapless
A prompter sitting in the first row had to feed a hapless Myers countless lines.
From the bostonherald.com
This also leaves the hapless McGill struggling to care for half a dozen orphans.
From the washingtontimes.com
We arrive to find the kindly Dawn Breaker has taken the hapless runabout in tow.
From the nzherald.co.nz
And woe betide the hapless hack who accidentally attempted to tweet any of this.
From the expressandstar.com
The opera involved a conniving wife, her hapless lover and her jealous husband.
From the washingtonpost.com
Alas, the latest slaughter in Chhattisgarh showed how hapless outsiders can be.
From the economist.com
Little about U of L's win over hapless Indiana State would alter that perception.
From the kentucky.com
It didn't have to do much in the second half against the hapless Detroit Lions.
From the toledoblade.com
Fernando de la Rua, the country's hapless president, is exuding quiet confidence.
From the economist.com
- 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"
- Very unlucky; ill-fated
- (haplessness) The characteristic of being hapless
- (adj.) unlucky (My poor, hapless family never seems to pick a sunny week to go on vacation.)
- Having no luck; unfortunate.
