Hapless and Mean

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Hapless

Hapless adjective - Having, prone to, or marked by bad luck.
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Mean and hapless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mean" instead an adjective "Hapless".
Nearby Word: haplessly

Mean

Mean adjective - Being about midway between extremes of amount or size.
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Hapless and mean are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hapless" instead an adjective "Mean".
Nearby Words: means, meaning, meanness, meant, meanly

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  • Hilarity may ensue when an American asks a foreigner to teach them a language, and the foreigner deliberately misleads them as to what phrases mean to prank the hapless English-speaker.
    Source: Fun with Foreign Languages
  • Crazy shenanigans are encouraged, innuendo is adored, and being mean to one’s poor hapless characters is pretty much required, all in the name of yaoi!
    Source: Roleplay / Love Me True
  • Theatre / KOOZA What ensues is an adventure that will teach the hapless fellow of the possibilities that come with confidence and imagination.KOOZA — the title is a Sanskrit word that can mean "box" or "treasure" — is something of an Adaptation Distillation of Cirque.
    Source: Theatre / KOOZA
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