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Synonyms for hapless in English

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hapless:
- poor; pathetic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; pitiable; piteous; hapless; misfortunate

English

Detailed Synonyms for hapless in English

hapless:

hapless adj

hapless

– deserving or inciting pity ¹
poor; pathetic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; pitiable; piteous; hapless; misfortunate
– deserving or inciting pity ¹
- poor adj
  - Oh, you poor thing¹
  - his poor distorted limbs¹
- pathetic adj
  - the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic¹
- miserable adj
  - miserable victims of war¹
- wretched adj
  - a wretched life¹
- pitiful adj
  - a pitiful fate¹
- pitiable adj
  - pitiable homeless children¹
- piteous adj
  - piteous appeals for help¹
- hapless adj
  - a hapless victim¹
- misfortunate adj

Alternate Synonyms for "hapless":

miserable; misfortunate; pathetic; piteous; pitiable; pitiful; poor; wretched; unfortunate

Related Definitions for "hapless":

deserving or inciting pity¹
- a hapless victim¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University