haplessness
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- noun
- /ˈhæpləsnəs/
:
desgracia
- In the gap between the father's illusion of potency and the reality of haplessness, we can see the failure of the implementation of the paternal metaphor.
Examples
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In the past, Tate's subject matter has been the illogic and haplessness of private psychic life.
Academic text (2010) -
Her comment, where she and her fellow journalist "shared frustration with those who persist in believing that youthful goofiness or general haplessness are incompatible with terrorist aims and missions," was interesting.
Blog text (29) -
The haplessness of the team was evident as they lost every match this season.
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After a series of unfortunate events, he resigned to his haplessness and decided to try again next year.
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Despite his best efforts, his haplessness led him to fail the exam once more.
Synonyms
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1.0
Unlucky events that happen by chance
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3.7
A bad event that causes trouble
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3.8
Bad things that happen to someone by chance
A situation in which bad things keep happening to someone
A state of being unlucky and thought to be under a bad spell
Antonyms
How Unlucky
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Haplessness comes from the short word hap, which means 'luck' or 'chance' and is the same root you see in happy (originally 'lucky') and mishap ('bad luck'). So, haplessness is simply the state of having no luck, or being 'unlucky'.