Hapless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/hˈæpləs/

🇬🇧British English

/hˈapləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/hˈapləs/

2 syllables Say it as /hˈæpləs/.

Examples

a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

miserable poor wretched piteous pitiful pitiable pathetic misfortunate

Parts of Speech

adjective

deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy

“a hapless victim”

Word Forms

miserableness	noun	a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune
pathos	noun	a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
pity	noun	a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
wretchedness	noun	a state of ill-being due to affliction or misfortune

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

unglücklich

Mitleid verdienen oder anregen; ; ; - Galsworthy

🇫🇷French

malchanceux

mériter ou inciter à la pitié; ; ; - Galsworthy

🇪🇸Spanish

desventurado

merecer o incitar lástima; ; ; - Galsworthy

🇮🇹Italian

sfortunato

meritare o incitare pietà; ; ; - Galsworthy

🇳🇱Dutch

ongelukkig

medelijden verdienen of aanzetten; ; ; - Galswaardig

🇵🇹Portuguese

infeliz

merecer ou incitar piedade; ; ; -Galsworthy

🇷🇺Russian

несчастный

заслуживающие или вызывающие жалость; ; ; - Голсуорси

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अभागी

दया का पात्र या उकसाने वाला; ; ; - गल्सवर्थी

🇧🇩Bengali

অসহায়

deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - গ্যালসওয়ার্দি

🇮🇳Tamil

மகிழ்ச்சியற்ற

தகுதியான அல்லது பரிதாபத்தைத் தூண்டும்; ; ; - கால்ஸ்வொர்த்தி

🇮🇳Telugu

అభాగ్యులు

అర్హత లేదా జాలిని ప్రేరేపించడం; ; ; - గాల్స్‌వర్తీ

🇮🇳Marathi

असहाय

दयाळू किंवा उत्तेजित करणे; ; ; - गॅल्सवर्थी

🇮🇳Gujarati

આડેધડ

દયાને પાત્ર અથવા ઉશ્કેરવું; ; ; - ગેલ્સવર્થી

🇮🇳Kannada

ದುರದೃಷ್ಟಕರ

ಅರ್ಹ ಅಥವಾ ಕರುಣೆಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರಚೋದಿಸುವುದು; ; ; - ಗಾಲ್ಸ್ ವರ್ದಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിർഭാഗ്യവശാൽ

അർഹതയുള്ളതോ സഹതാപം ഉണർത്തുന്നതോ; ; ; - ഗാൽസ്വർത്തി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਸਹਾਰਾ

ਤਰਸ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਜਾਂ ਭੜਕਾਉਣ ਵਾਲੇ; ; ; - ਗਾਲਸਵਰਥੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے بس

قابل رحم یا حوصلہ افزائی؛ ; ; --.گالس ورتھی n

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

倒霉的

值得怜悯或引起怜悯； ; ; ——高尔斯华绥

🇯🇵Japanese

不幸な

同情に値する、または同情を誘う。 ; ; - ガルズワージー

🇰🇷Korean

불행한

동정심을 불러일으키거나 동정심을 불러일으키는 것; ; ; - 갈스워시

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không may

đáng hoặc kích động sự thương hại; ; ; - Galsworthy

🇹🇭Thai

โชคร้าย

สมควรหรือกระตุ้นให้เกิดความสงสาร ; ; - กัลส์เวิร์ทธี

🇮🇩Indonesian

malang

pantas atau menghasut rasa kasihan; ; ; - Galsworthy

🇵🇭Filipino

malungkot

karapat-dapat o nag-uudyok ng awa; ; ; - Galsworthy

🇲🇾Malay

malang

patut atau menghasut kasihan; ; ; - Galsworthy

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

سيئ الحظ

يستحق أو يثير الشفقة؛ ; ; - جالسوورثي

🇮🇷Persian

بدبخت

سزاوار یا برانگیختن ترحم؛ ; ; - گالسورثی

🇹🇷Turkish

talihsiz

acımayı hak eden veya teşvik eden; ; ; - Galsworthy

🇮🇱Hebrew

אוּמלָל

ראוי או מסית לרחמים; ; ; - Galsworthy

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The primary meaning of 'hapless' is 'deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy'.

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Using 'hapless' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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