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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Luckless; unfortunate. See Synonyms at unfortunate.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy.
  2. Synonyms Ill-starred, ill-fated, forlorn.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. Very unlucky; ill-fated.
  2. adj. devoid of talent or skill

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. deserving or inciting pity

Etymologies

  1. hap +‎ -less (Wiktionary)

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  • myth17 Olymic is a mockery of hapless players. Aug 4, 2012

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