HAPLESS

(adj.) deserving or inciting pity
"a hapless victim", "miserable victims of war", "the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic", "piteous appeals for help", "pitiable homeless children", "a pitiful fate", "Oh, you poor thing", "his poor distorted limbs", "a wretched life"
synonyms : miserable , misfortunate , pathetic , piteous , pitiable , pitiful , poor , wretched
His pathetic appeal failed to reach the ears of many. -added by naila_inlas

Mnemonics for hapless

(Tag: English) relate it to helpless
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(Tag: ) 'Hap' luck hapless - unlucky.
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(Tag: ) break it to happyness +less so a person who is not happy is unfortunate
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(Tag: ) Hapless - Recently there was an earthquake in Haiti which destroyed most of that country so we can say ----> Residents of Haiti were hapless. HA is in Haiti and hapless both
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(Tag: ) HAPPY-LESS
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(Tag: ) "oh no, I wish this HAPpened LESS! I'm so unfortunate"
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