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

Leveraging his benign dad persona, he paints a scathing portrait of our culture post-pandemic that makes you laugh at our cruelty, haplessness and delusions.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2023

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

From Washington Post • Sep. 26, 2022

And the dog's occasional haplessness is a nice realistic change from her fearlessness.

From Salon • Aug. 10, 2022

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

From Poems by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson