| Misfortunate | a. Producing misfortune. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
| hapless | (adj) deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy, Syn. misfortunate, pitiful, wretched, miserable, poor, piteous, pathetic, pitiable, Example: a hapless victim; miserable victims of war; the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic; piteous appeals for help; pitiable homeless children; a pitiful fate; Oh, you poor thing; his poor distorted limbs; a wretched life |