| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a hapless, unlucky manner.[Websters]
2. In a luckless or woeful manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a disastrous, inauspicious or infelicitous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. In a poor, forlorn, inferior, scant or slim manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 5. In a dismal, penurious, abject, ragged or indigent manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 6. In a pitiful, misfortunate, pathetic or piteous manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 7. In an ill-starred, calamitous, unfortunate, ill-fated or catastrophic manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 8. In a destitute or moneyless manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 9. In an evil or baleful manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Rarely used adverbial inflection of the adjective hapless.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (hapless) | 1. Deserving or inciting pity; "a hapless victim".[Wordnet]. 2. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid.[Websters]. 3. Being unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy, luckless or unsuccessful.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being wretched, miserable, disastrous, woeful or poor.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being forlorn, dismal or poky.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being pitiful or parched.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Being sorrowful, sad, sorry or dreary.[Eve - graph theoretic] 8. Being ill-fated or ill-starred.[Eve - graph theoretic] 9. Being lamentable or deplorable.[Eve - graph theoretic] 10. Adjective base of the adverb haplessly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "HAPLESSLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1808. (references) |
Specialty Definition: hapless
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as hapless youth; hapless maid.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Adjective] Very unlucky; ill-fated. Poor hapless Andy was the only one who fell in the well. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Common Expressions: hapless
| Expressions | Definition | ||
| Jimmy The Hapless Idiot Boy | Jimmy The Hapless Idiot Boy is a cartoon character created and voiced by John Kricfalusi and is the official mascot for Krisfalusi's company Spümcø. (references) | ||
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