hapless
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It starts with a requisitely strange and solid premise: Hapless 20-something Jamie Hawthorne makes headlines while committing a petty crime at work.
From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2022
Hapless investors faced years of grueling litigation by a court-appointed trustee who was tasked with “clawing back” what turned out to be fictitious profits they withdrew from their Madoff accounts.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2021
Hapless fans however, got Rickrolled once they clicked on the link.
From Time • Jul. 25, 2016
Hapless Blackburn Rovers expect Hoffenheim striker Vedad Ibisevic to sign along the dotted line today.
From The Guardian • Aug. 29, 2011
Hapless Ægeon, whom the fates have mark’d To bear the extremity of dire mishap!
From The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George
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