Associations to the word «Hapless»
Noun
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
HAPLESS, adjective. Very unlucky; ill-fated.
HAPLESS, adjective. Devoid of talent or skill.
Dictionary definition
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".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.