What does hapless mean in English? Meaning of hapless definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "hapless": deserving or inciting pity
Adjective
Meaning: deserving or inciting pityExample: a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
piteous appeals for help
pitiable homeless children
a pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched lifeSynonyms: hapless
miserable
misfortunate
pathetic
piteous
pitiable
pitiful
poor
wretchedSimilar: unfortunateAdjective: Very unlucky; ill-fated. 1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, chapter 8: 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. 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Affair at the Novelty Theatre[1]: Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels. 1914, John Galsworthy, The Mob, act 1: My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes? 2008, Harriet Barovick, "Detroit The Lost Season," Time, 31 Dec.: The hapless squad, which was outscored 517-268 in 2008, became the first in league history to go 0-16.1818, Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, chapter 8: 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.1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 2, The Affair at the Novelty Theatre[1]: Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.1914, John Galsworthy, The Mob, act 1: My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes?2008, Harriet Barovick, "Detroit The Lost Season," Time, 31 Dec.: The hapless squad, which was outscored 517-268 in 2008, became the first in league history to go 0-16.Devoid of talent or skill. 2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, The Onion AV Club: Gideon Defoe scripted from his own series-launching comedic book The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, about the adventures of a hapless group of pirates known only by names like The Pirate With The Scarf, The Pirate With Gout, and in the case of their leader, The Pirate Captain. For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:hapless.2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, The Onion AV Club: Gideon Defoe scripted from his own series-launching comedic book The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, about the adventures of a hapless group of pirates known only by names like The Pirate With The Scarf, The Pirate With Gout, and in the case of their leader, The Pirate Captain.For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:hapless.Synonyms:
unlucky, woeful, cursed, ill-fated, loser, luckless, miserable, sad sack, star-crossed, unhappy, untoward, wretched, infelicitous, behind the eightball, hexed, ill-starred, jinxed, jonah, poor fish, snakebit, voodooed,
Antonyms:
fortuitous, fortunate, lucky, well-off, happy,
