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Definition
unlucky or unfortunate — often making others feel pity
- And in entertaining visitors at Pointe du Lac-those hapless travelers who came up the river road by horseback or carriage begging accommodations for the night, sporting letters of introduction from other planters or officials in New Orleans.Part 1 (21% in)
- She looked about her like that hapless victim on the stage of the Theatre des Vampires who did not know where she was.Part 3 (51% in)
There are no more uses of "hapless" in Interview with the Vampire.
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