hapless
/ˈhæpləs/ adjective C2- Especially of a person, unfortunate.
- Very unlucky; ill-fated.
- Very miserable, wretched, unhappy, measly, forlorn.
- Devoid of talent or skill.
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The hapless Dantès was doomed.
Dantès from his rocky perch saw the shattered vessel, and among the fragments the floating forms of the hapless sailors.
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