hapless — OET

hapless

adjective

the hapless victims of exploitation:

unfortunate, unlucky, luckless, out of luck, ill-starred, ill-fated, jinxed, cursed, doomed;

unhappy, forlorn, wretched, miserable, woebegone;

informal down on one's luck;

literary star-crossed.

▷antonyms lucky.

choose the right word	hapless, unfortunate, unlucky, ill-starred
See unfortunate.

hapless Oxford Dictionary of English