Hapless meaning
The definition of hapless is an unlucky person. An example of hapless is someone who seems to break everything they touch. Very unlucky; ill-fated. Unfortunate; unlucky; luckless.
What does it mean when someone is hapless?
Hapless literally means what you'd expect it to mean: "without hap"—hap being another word for fortune or luck. ... English has several words to describe those lacking good fortune, including ill-starred, ill-fated, unlucky, and luckless, a word formed in parallel to hapless by adding the suffix -less.
What is a hapless person called?
“a hapless victim” synonyms: miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched unfortunate. not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune.
