Hapless and Ruinous

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Hapless adjective - Having, prone to, or marked by bad luck.

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Ruinous and hapless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Ruinous" instead an adjective "Hapless".

Nearby Word: haplessly

Ruinous adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.

Usage example: a ruinous miscalculation of the financial markets left them bankrupt

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Hapless and ruinous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hapless" instead an adjective "Ruinous".

Nearby Words: ruin, ruined, ruination, ruining, ruinously

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