Word of the DayMonday, January 12, 2009

hapless

\HAP-lis\ , adjective:
1.
unlucky; unfortunate
Quotes:
It might explain how, on consecutive Sundays, quarterback Jay Cutler and Co. could be crushed by the hapless Oakland Raiders, only to pick up the pieces and dominate a New York Jets team that looked unbeatable.
-- Mark Kiszla, Denver Post, 2008-12-07
Matthew Broderick has gone from playing a hapless Broadway producer in the hit musical "The Producers" to a hapless movie writer-director in the new comedy "The Last Shot," which opens Friday.
-- Susan King, LA Times, 2004-09-20
Origin:
by 1568, meaning "destitute of hap"
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