Associations to the word «Hapless»

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

We cannot always control our thoughts, but we can control our words, and repetition impresses the subconscious, and we are then master of the situation.
Florence Scovel Shinn