haplessness
Example Sentences
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New York went over half a century of misery and haplessness without a title.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 15, 2026
Irritable, neurotic, decent, confused and sardonic, Larry is a refreshing nod to the kind of spiky haplessness Jack Lemmon mastered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
While that is possible, few have the stomach for another lengthy leadership contest, which would only reinforce the party’s image of haplessness.
From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2022
And yet, on the page, under the right conditions, haplessness is the thing we gather around like a biomass stove and gently warm our hands over.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 26, 2022
Then I heaped upon my guards the most vehement reproaches, or betook myself to wailings on the haplessness of my condition.
From Wieland: or, the Transformation, an American Tale by Charles Brockden Brown
