Definizione monolingua

hapless

hapless (comparative more hapless, superlative most hapless)

1. Very unlucky; ill-fated.
   • 1826, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, The Last Man, ch. 9:

     We saw the ruins of this hapless city from the height of the tower of San Marco.

   • 1914, John Galsworthy, The Mob, act 1:

     My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes?

   • 2008, Harriet Barovick, ""Detroit The Lost Season,"" Time, 31 Dec.:

     The hapless squad, which was outscored 517-268 in 2008, became the first in league history to go 0-16.

   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 8, Frankenstein^[1]:

     Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts.

Definizione dizionario hapless

disgraziato

iellato

sfortunato

sventurato

Altri significati:

Very unlucky; ill-fated.

very unlucky; ill-fated