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hapless Adjective unlucky: the hapless victim of a misplaced murder attempt [Old Norse happ chance, good luck]
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hapless adjective unlucky, unfortunate, cursed, unhappy, miserable, jinxed, luckless, wretched, ill-starred, ill-fated Translations How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| He was followed to the grave by a vast multitude of mourners, who "gave the hapless man the funeral of a king. A vast pulpy mass, furlongs in length and breadth, of a glancing cream-color, lay floating on the water, innumerable long arms radiating from its centre, and curling and twisting like a nest of anacondas, as if blindly to clutch at any hapless object within reach. There was a hapless company of players in the town from time to time, and they came to us for their printing. |
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