haplessness

Example Sentences

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Irritable, neurotic, decent, confused and sardonic, Larry is a refreshing nod to the kind of spiky haplessness Jack Lemmon mastered.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Now, having postulated all this: How do we feel about a second round of haplessness?

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

The Meadows Hutchinson described was a defeated man coming to terms with his defeat, haplessness, and substantial legal danger.

From Slate • Jun. 28, 2022

One development underlines Toichi’s haplessness, the other his decency, when the woman turns out to be alive and in need of care.

From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021

At last we hapless men Know all our haplessness all through. 

From Poems by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson