hapless
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America’s dealers are a bit hapless when it comes to EVs.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
German media have broadcast the hapless creature lying motionless in shallow water for hours on end, with men in diving suits splashing water on it using kayak paddles.
From Barron's • Apr. 23, 2026
Sam is hapless and downwardly mobile, yet he’s as likable as a shy puppy.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
This time her 343rd “charge” is a hapless 87-year old CEO oil tycoon K. J. Boone unwilling to pass over from the “baffling country” of terminal illness toward its “inevitable occurrence.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 26, 2026
Kaz hoped the Shu boy he was holding on to was a surprisingly young Bo Yul-Bayur and not some hapless prisoner Nina and Matthias had decided to liberate.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
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