hapless

📖 Definitions

adjective

Unfortunate.

💬 Usage Examples

“Sticking his gun into the patrolman’s abdomen, Chuck once more pulled the trigger, and again the gun didn’t fire. By then O’Sullivan had joined the fray, and the officers arrested the hapless gunman.” Matthew Bernstein; The Fix Is In; Wild West (Leesburg, Virginia); Jun 2020.
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