All 3 Uses of
hapless
in
Antigone
- Think of his mother-wife (ill sorted names) Done by a noose herself had twined to death And last, our hapless brethren in one day, Both in a mutual destiny involved, Self-slaughtered, both the slayer and the slain.†
- Hapless child
*hapless = unlucky or unfortunate
- Hapless child of hapless sire, Didst thou recklessly conspire, Madly brave the King's decree?†
Definition:
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(hapless) unlucky or unfortunate -- often making others feel pity