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hapless

adj
/ˈhæplɪs//ˈhæpləs/US

Etymology

From about 1400, from hap (“luck”) + -less.

  1. derived from *hampijaną✻
  2. derived from *happa✻
  3. inherited from hæppan — “to move accidentally, slip”
  4. inherited from happen
  5. derived from *kob-✻ — “good fortune, prophecy; to bend, bow, fit in, work, succeed”
  6. derived from *hampą✻ — “convenience, happiness”
  7. derived from happ — “hap, chance, good luck”
  8. inherited from hap
  9. suffixed as hapless — “hap + -less”

Definitions

  1. Especially of a person, unfortunate.

  2. Very unlucky

    Very unlucky; ill-fated.

    • Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts.
    • My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes?

  3. Very miserable, wretched, unhappy, measly, forlorn.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Devoid of talent or skill.

The neighborhood

Derived

haplessly, haplessness

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA