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hapless

English

Etymology

From about 1400, from hap (luck) +? -less.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?hæpl?s/

Adjective

hapless (comparative more hapless, superlative most hapless)

  1. Very unlucky; ill-fated.
    • 1914, John Galsworthy, The Mob, act 1:
      My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes?
    • 2008, Harriet Barovick, "Detroit The Lost Season," Time, 31 Dec.:
      The hapless squad, which was outscored 517-268 in 2008, became the first in league history to go 0-16.
  2. Devoid of talent or skill.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:hapless.

Derived terms

  • haplessly
  • haplessness

Translations

Anagrams

  • phasels, plashes, shpeals

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gapless

English

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /??æpl?s/

Etymology

gap +? -less

Adjective

gapless (not comparable)

  1. Having no gaps

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