hapless
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Wearing drill-sergeant regalia, Porowski instructs a group of hapless male shopper actors in such supermarket fundamentals as distinguishing celery from leeks, checking expiration dates and identifying ripe bananas.
From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026
This goes all kinds of wrong, setting off a viral brouhaha and turning the hapless Owen into an unwitting pariah.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
A critical duty was arresting 27% inflation, which Zhu accomplished by putting himself in control of the financial sector and firing hapless officials including the country’s central-bank chief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
Hearts did so many outstanding things in taking the race to the wire, but both of those hapless characters helped them on their way.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
The Ladd Devine Company had started drawing up plans for the recreation development about the same time people were losing their water rights and beginning a wholesale exodus from the hapless west side.
From "The Milagro Beanfield War" by John Nichols
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