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- [hap-lis]
- /ˈhæp lɪs/
- /ˈhæp.ləs/
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- [hap-lis]
- /ˈhæp lɪs/
Definitions of hapless word
- adjective hapless unlucky; luckless; unfortunate. 1
- noun hapless (especially of a person) unfortunate. 1
- adjective hapless unlucky 1
- adjective hapless A hapless person is unlucky. 0
- adjective hapless unfortunate; wretched 0
- adjective hapless unfortunate; unlucky; luckless 0
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Origin of hapless
First appearance:
before 1560 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1560-70; hap1 + -less
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Parts of speech for Hapless
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
hapless popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for hapless
adj hapless
- unlucky — (of a person) not lucky; lacking good fortune; ill-fated.
- woeful — full of woe; wretched; unhappy: a woeful situation.
- cursed — If you are cursed with something, you are very unlucky in having it.
- ill-fated — destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- loser — a person, team, nation, etc., that loses: The visiting team was the loser in the series.
adjective hapless
- doomed — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
Antonyms for hapless
adj hapless
- fortuitous — happening or produced by chance; accidental: a fortuitous encounter.
- fortunate — having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
- lucky — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- well-off — having sufficient money for comfortable living; well-to-do.
- happy — delighted, pleased, or glad, as over a particular thing: to be happy to see a person.
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