Usually means: Unfortunate luck, often causing failure.
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  1. haplessness: Merriam-Webster
  2. haplessness: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. haplessness: Collins English Dictionary
  4. haplessness: Wordnik
  5. haplessness: Wiktionary
  6. haplessness: Dictionary.com
  7. haplessness: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. haplessness: Legal dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (haplessness)

▸ noun:  The characteristic of being hapless.

Similar:
helplessness, lucklessness, unfortunateness, unfelicity, unfelicitousness, heapiness, infelicity, unhopefulness, unluckiness, unhelpableness, more...

Opposite:
fortunate, lucky, blessed, successful

Types:
misfortune, bad luck, unfortunate, disaster, calamity, tragedy, more...

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Similar:
helplessness, lucklessness, unfortunateness, unfelicity, unfelicitousness, heapiness, infelicity, unhopefulness, unluckiness, unhelpableness, more...

Opposite:
fortunate, lucky, blessed, successful

Types:
misfortune, bad luck, unfortunate, disaster, calamity, tragedy, more...



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