hapless
Example Sentences
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It’s a faithful facsimile—with a singular ingredient absent: the soulful performance of Al Pacino in the central role of the hapless bank robber Sonny.
Sam is hapless and downwardly mobile, yet he’s as likable as a shy puppy.
Yet, these supposedly most-promising stars are mostly hapless wannabes leaning on their skills in nunchucks and mime.
From Los Angeles Times
It was an oval basket, woven with an interior funnel into which a hapless river prawn had swum.
From Literature
A week later they were dominant in going 21-0 ahead against Argentina and then hapless in conceding 33 points in the second half and losing.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
