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- Dictionaryhapless/ˈhapləs/
adjective
- 1. (especially of a person) unfortunate: "the hapless victims of the disaster"
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The meaning of HAPLESS is having no luck : unfortunate. How to use hapless in a sentence. Did you know?
HAPLESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary. Meaning of hapless in English. hapless. adjective [ before noun ] formal uk / ˈhæp.ləs / us / ˈhæp.ləs / Add to word list. unlucky and usually unhappy: hapless victim Many children are hapless victims of this war. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having bad things happen by chance.
Definition of 'hapless' hapless. (hæpləs ) adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A hapless person is unlucky. [formal] ...his hapless victim. Synonyms: unlucky, unfortunate, cursed, unhappy More Synonyms of hapless. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. hapless in British English. (ˈhæplɪs ) adjective.
hapless. adjective [ before noun ] formal us / ˈhæp.ləs / uk / ˈhæp.ləs / Add to word list Add to word list. unlucky and usually unhappy: hapless victim Many children are hapless victims of this war. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. having bad things happen by chance. unlucky She is one of the unluckiest people I've ever met.
Synonyms for HAPLESS: unfortunate, unhappy, luckless, disastrous, hard-luck, unlucky, unfavorable, doomed; Antonyms of HAPLESS: happy, lucky, fortunate, gifted, privileged, favored, favorable, promising.
Use the adjective hapless to describe someone unlucky and deserving of pity, like the hapless car buyer who gives in to the fast-talking salesperson. The word hapless traces all the way back to the Old Norse word happ , meaning “chance, good luck.”
Define hapless. hapless synonyms, hapless pronunciation, hapless translation, English dictionary definition of hapless. adj. Luckless; unfortunate. See Synonyms at unfortunate. hap′less·ly adv. hap′less·ness n.
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective hapless. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Hapless definition: unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.. See examples of HAPLESS used in a sentence.
hapless / ˈ hæpləs/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of HAPLESS. always used before a noun [more hapless; most hapless] somewhat formal + literary. : having no luck : very unfortunate. She plays the hapless heroine who is unlucky in love.
