Destructive
Destructive adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Usage example: technology used for destructive ends
Hapless and destructive are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hapless" instead an adjective "Destructive".
Hapless
Hapless adjective - Having, prone to, or marked by bad luck.
Destructive and hapless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Destructive" instead an adjective "Hapless".
Nearby Word: haplessly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- unfortunate and destructive
- unfortunate and hapless
- bad and destructive
- bad and hapless
- terrible and destructive
- terrible and hapless
- disastrous and destructive
- disastrous and hapless
- dire and destructive
- dire and hapless
- discouraging and destructive
- discouraging and hapless
- calamitous and destructive
- calamitous and hapless
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