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'hapless'

[hapless.s.01] as in: deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy

Examples:
a hapless victim
miserable victims of war
the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic
piteous appeals for help
pitiable homeless children
a pitiful fate
Oh, you poor thing
his poor distorted limbs
a wretched life

Origins

					hapless (English)
├── -less (English)
│   └── -leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│       └── leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── hap (English)
    ├── hap (Middle English (1100-1500))
    ├── hap (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
    └── happen (Middle English (1100-1500))