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Definition of Hapless
1. Adjective. Deserving or inciting pity. "A wretched life"
Similar to: Unfortunate
Derivative terms: Miserableness, Pathos, Pity, Pity, Wretchedness
Definition of Hapless
1. a. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.
Definition of Hapless
1. Adjective. Very unlucky; ill-fated. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hapless
1. luckless [adj] - See also: luckless
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hapless
Literary usage of Hapless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"S. How cruel \ Amid his hapless victim's spoil. Lns, on Back of Bank Note.
A hapless lover courts thy lay, S. О stay, sweet warbling t And curse the ..."
2. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"But think, — not long the time has been, That thou wert wont to sigh unseen, And
wouldst the ditties best approve That told some lay of hapless love. ..."
3. History of the English People by John Richard Green (1899)
"But his submission failed to avert his doom; and the death of the duke drew with
it the imprisonment in the Tower of the hapless girl whom he had made the ..."
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