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The definition of hapless is an unlucky person.

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An example of hapless is someone who seems to break everything they touch.

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See hapless in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

unfortunate; unlucky; luckless

Origin: hap + -less

Related Forms:

haplessly adverb
haplessness noun

See hapless in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Luckless; unfortunate. See Synonyms at unfortunate.

Related Forms:

hapˈless·ly adverb

hapˈless·ness noun

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