hapless
adjective
[ ˈhapləs ]
• (especially of a person) unfortunate.
• "the hapless victims of the disaster"
Similar:
unfortunate,
unlucky,
luckless,
out of luck,
ill-starred,
ill-fated,
jinxed,
cursed,
doomed,
unhappy,
forlorn,
wretched,
miserable,
woebegone,
down on one's luck,
star-crossed,
Origin:
late Middle English: from hap1 (in the early sense ‘good fortune’) + -less.
