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hapless

Letters that make hapless

s, a, e, l, p, h are letters that make 'hapless'

Words within hapless

hap, HA, SS, less, LE, Es are words within 'hapless'

Anagrams of hapless

plashes is an anagram of 'hapless'

hapless is a 7 letter word starting with h
hapless is a 7 letter word ending with s

1 possible definitions for 'hapless'

Hapless as "deserving or inciting pity"

Under this definition, hapless is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

wretched, pathetic, miserable, pitiable, pitiful, misfortunate, piteous, poor have the same meaning as 'hapless'

Derivatives of hapless

shame, ruth, pity, pathos, commiseration, wretchedness, misery, miserableness are derivatives of 'hapless'.

Similar to hapless

unfortunate is similar to hapless.

Example of hapless used within this context

"a hapless victim", "miserable victims of war", "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic"- Galsworthy, "piteous appeals for help", "pitiable homeless children", "a pitiful fate", "Oh, you poor thing", "his poor distorted limbs", "a wretched life"