HAPLESS Synonyms: 40 Similar and Opposite Words

hapless

adjective

ˈha-pləs

as in unfortunate

having, prone to, or marked by bad luck the hapless motorist had barely paid his bill and driven away from the body shop when a truck sideswiped his car

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Recent Examples on the Web The Vance-couch meme does not demonstrate that Democrats are poisoning the information landscape in equal measure with Trump, creating even more work for all the hapless guardians of accuracy. —

Matthew Kirschenbaum, The Atlantic, 16 Aug. 2024 Aliens traded the original film’s claustrophobic horror and hapless victims for open combat as gung-ho space marines charge to fight a foe that only Ripley understands. —

James Grebey, TIME, 16 Aug. 2024 Is this all just a front for a giant railgun project that'll rain carriage-sized supersonic projectiles down on hapless enemies, as my colleague has mused, or will China persevere and deliver the hyperloop that Elon promised? —

New Atlas, 9 Aug. 2024 The dizzying pacing, the litany of hapless jokes, the all-out slapstick and the familiar shtick. —

Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for hapless

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