haplessness

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Her lot appeared single in its haplessness.

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  • His haplessness, his awkwardness, these were what we had come to see. —  Smoke and Mirrors, by Neil Gaiman.
  • Yumi-chan is just so full of love and good-natured haplessness and the way Ueda Kana brings it out has been an utter delight. —  Anime Nano!
  • You get so embarrassed for the characters and their supreme cluelessness, or dorkiness, or haplessness, that it affects you physically. —  phillyBurbs.com
  • No doubt It would have been fun to watch Payton Manning, but take him out of the equation -- which eventually must happen -- and the Colts will quickly revert to their standard of haplessness. —  Blog updates
  • We have already seen that take place with the five big investment banks, which have effectively been wiped away. had a New York Times column this week that noted for all its haplessness under Greenie, the Fed has been rewarded with more, not less power. —  Slate Magazine
 

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