hapless

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corporations and by her most notorious gangsters who maintained the hapless island as a sordid casino and bordello teeming with wretchedly poor and desperate natives.

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

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  • The government ­ that is, the hapless FDIC ­ puts up 85\% of $5 million to buy this ­ namely, $4,250,000. —  GlobalResearch.ca
  • There will be the announcement suggesting disaster avoidance claims by spending trillions to save billions for a hapless, helpless public.
  • Who the hell are Prezza and Co. trying to fool with their hapless, arrogant 'Go Fourth' rhetoric. —  British Blogs
  • It's a convenient view, casting the great superpower as a hapless, and essentially innocent, victim. —  Mail & Guardian Online
  • 4 Who, hapless, and eke hopeless, all in vain eke > also —  The Faerie Queene — Volume 01
 

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/ˈhæplɛs/
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