Hapless Definition & Meaning
hapless
- adjective
- deserving or inciting pity; "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"
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"From listeners to rappers, prestigious to hapless"
Hilltop Hoods f/ Classified, Solo (Horrorshow) — The Underground
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