hapless
adjective
unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.
haplessness
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a word derived from
hapless.
Example Sentences
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New York went over half a century of misery and haplessness without a title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
I confess my haplessness because getting new trees wrong is part of learning to love them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2023
And the dog's occasional haplessness is a nice realistic change from her fearlessness.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2022
Finishing a Saturday crossword in under 10 minutes gives me a ridiculously deep sense of pleasure; my ongoing haplessness at cryptics wounds my ego.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 29, 2022
Then I heaped upon my guards the most vehement reproaches, or betook myself to wailings on the haplessness of my condition.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
