hapless

Example Sentences

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The new ads reunite Justin Long, who embodied a hip Mac laptop in Apple’s commercials, with John Hodgman, who played a hapless PC.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

A hapless 3-0 defeat by bottom side Wolves on Saturday came as a stark reality check for the Hammers.

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2026

Yet no migrants ever stayed at the Armoni, which became a symbol of rampant waste and abuse in the city’s hapless contracting with human-services companies and nonprofits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

Ellis Genge showed his England quality to help Bristol rout hapless Harlequins 40-14 at Twickenham.

From Barron's • Dec. 20, 2025

What the dreamer was experiencing, she experienced, and not as some hapless spectator.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor