hapless

[US]/'hæplɪs/
[UK]/ˈhæplɪs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. desafortunado, desafortunada el opuesto de afortunado o exitoso.

Phrases & Collocations

a hapless victim

una víctima desafortunada

hapless situation

una situación desafortunada

Example Sentences

Snipers and irregulars fell on the hapless patrol.

Los francotiradores e irregulares cayeron sobre el desprevenido patrullero.

they stoned the hapless farmer to death.

Apedrearon al pobre granjero hasta la muerte.

All of them were hapless victims of this hurricane.

Todos ellos fueron víctimas desafortunadas de este huracán.

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