haplessness
State of misfortune
Haplessness is the state of being hapless—unlucky or unfortunate in a way that suggests persistent bad fortune rather than a single mishap.
The word often carries a note of sympathy or gentle mockery: His haplessness with technology was legendary.
Someone marked by haplessness seems chronically ill-fated, as if luck itself has abandoned them.
Persistent bad fortune
- ill-fortunePersistent bad luck
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- misadventureUnfortunate incident or accident
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
setback · bad luck · jinx · curse · plight · reversal · downturn · accident
Lack of required skill
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
ineffectiveness · fumbling · blundering · inefficiency · maladroitness · ineptness · bumbling · incapability
Quality evoking sorrowful sympathy
- wretchednessExtreme unhappiness or distress
- forlornnessMiserable isolation of spirit
- piteousArousing sorrowful compassion
- patheticArousing scornful pity
sorry state · lamentable · woebegone · sad sack · unfortunate · dejection · melancholy · sorrowfulness
unluckiness
Persistent bad fortune
- ill-fortunePersistent bad luck
- adversitySevere difficulty or suffering
- misadventureUnfortunate incident or accident
hardship · setback · bad luck · jinx · curse · plight · reversal · downturn · accident · calamity
incompetence
Lack of required skill
- clumsinessLack of physical grace
- bunglingMishandling through incompetence
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
helplessness · ineffectiveness · fumbling · blundering · inefficiency · maladroitness · ineptness · bumbling · incapability · unskillfulness
pitifulness
Quality evoking sorrowful sympathy
- wretchednessExtreme unhappiness or distress
- forlornnessMiserable isolation of spirit
- piteousArousing sorrowful compassion
sorry state · pathetic · lamentable · woebegone · sad sack · unfortunate · dejection · melancholy · sorrowfulness · mournfulness
- Incompetencebungle, failure, botch, inability, blunder
- lack of skillincompetence, ineptitude, clumsiness, awkwardness, inexperience
haplessnessluck
Chance affecting outcomes
good fortune · luckiness · good luck · fortunateness · blessedness
haplessnesscompetence
Adequate ability to function
adeptness · resourcefulness · skillfulness · effectiveness · capability
happen, unhappy, happiness, perhaps, happily, happening, mishap, unhappiness, happens