Hap'less (hăp'lĕs) adjective Without hap or luck; luckless; unfortunate; unlucky; unhappy; as, hapless youth; hapless maid. Dryden. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/12
miserableadjective deserving or inciting pity; `a hapless victim`; `miserable victims of war`; `the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic`- Galsworthy; `piteous appeals for help`; `pitiable homeless children`; `a pitiful fate`; `Oh, you p... Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974