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adjective. us / ˈhæp·ləs / Add to word list. unlucky: hapless victims of the earthquake. (Definition of hapless from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of hapless. hapless. Hapless borderliners were also caught up in the closure. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
The meaning of HAPLESS is having no luck : unfortunate. How to use hapless in a sentence. Did you know?
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. You may also like. English Quiz. Confusables. Synonyms of. 'hapless' Language Lover's. Blog.
adjective [ before noun ] formal us / ˈhæp.ləs / uk / 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. unlucky She is one of the unluckiest people I've ever met.
Hapless definition: unlucky; luckless; unfortunate.. See examples of HAPLESS used in a sentence.
Synonyms for HAPLESS: unfortunate, unhappy, luckless, disastrous, hard-luck, unlucky, unfavorable, doomed; Antonyms of HAPLESS: happy, lucky, fortunate, gifted, privileged, favored, favorable, promising
Definition of hapless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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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.
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.”.
