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Hapless vs Mishap - What's the difference?

hapless | mishap |

As an adjective hapless

is very unlucky; ill-fated.

As a noun mishap is

an accident, mistake, or problem.

hapless

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Very unlucky; ill-fated.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1818 , author= , title=Frankenstein , section= , passage=Thus spoke my prophetic soul, as, torn by remorse, horror, and despair, I beheld those I loved spend vain sorrow upon the graves of William and Justine, the first hapless victims to my unhallowed arts.}}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1905, author=
    • , title= , chapter=2 citation , passage=Miss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.}}
  • * 1914 , , The Mob , act 1:
    • My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes?
  • * 2008 , Harriet Barovick, " Detroit The Lost Season," Time , 31 Dec.:
    • The hapless squad, which was outscored 517-268 in 2008, became the first in league history to go 0-16.
  • Devoid of talent or skill.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2012 , date=April 26 , author=Tasha Robinson , title=Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits : , work=The Onion AV Club , url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-pirates-band-of-misfits,73064/ , page= , passage=Gideon Defoe scripted from his own series-launching comedic book The Pirates! In An Adventure With Scientists, about the adventures of a hapless group of pirates known only by names like The Pirate With The Scarf, The Pirate With Gout, and in the case of their leader, The Pirate Captain. }}
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    • Derived terms

    * haplessly * haplessness

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    mishap

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An accident, mistake, or problem.
    • Since the mishap with the banana peel, he watches his step.
  • *
    • He had come straight up without mishap or swerving off his course, and his shut teeth unlocked.
  • Evil accident; ill luck; misfortune; mischance.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Secure from worldly chances and mishaps .