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

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

From Salon • Aug. 10, 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

Finishing a Saturday crossword in under 10 minutes gives me a ridiculously deep sense of pleasure; my ongoing haplessness at cryptics wounds my ego.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2022

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

From Poems by Meynell, Alice Christiana Thompson