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Synonyms for Hapless (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (deserving or inciting pity):
miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched, misfortunate

WordNet sense 2 (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune):
unfortunate


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