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Date: 1500-1600
Origin: hap ( HAPPY)

hapless

 adjective
     
hap‧less [only before noun]
literary unlucky:
The hapless passengers were stranded at the airport for three days.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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