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Meaning of "haplessness" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HAPLESSNESS

haplessness  [ˈhæpləsnəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HAPLESSNESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Haplessness is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HAPLESSNESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of haplessness in the English dictionary

The definition of haplessness in the dictionary is the quality or state of being unfortunate or wretched.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HAPLESSNESS


airlessness
ˈɛələsnəs
boundlessness
ˈbaʊndləsnəs
effortlessness
ˈɛfətləsnəs
endlessness
ˈɛndləsnəs
fabulousness
ˈfæbjʊləsnəs
flawlessness
ˈflɔːləsnəs
godlessness
ˈɡɒdləsnəs
harmlessness
ˈhɑːmləsnəs
heedlessness
ˈhiːdləsnəs
jealousness
ˈdʒɛləsnəs
landlessness
ˈlændləsnəs
meaninglessness
ˈmiːnɪŋləsnəs
mindlessness
ˈmaɪndləsnəs
saplessness
ˈsæpləsnəs
seamlessness
ˈsiːmləsnəs
speechlessness
ˈspiːtʃləsnəs
statelessness
ˈsteɪtləsnəs
toplessness
ˈtɒpləsnəs
weightlessness
ˈweɪtləsnəs
worklessness
ˈwɜːkləsnəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HAPLESSNESS

hapless
haplessly
haplite
haplitic
haplobiont
haplobiontic
haplographies
haplography
haploid
haploidic
haploidy
haplologic
haplology
haplont
haplontic
haplopia
haplosis
haplostemonous
haplotype
haply

WORDS THAT END LIKE HAPLESSNESS

biliousness
business
callousness
carelessness
consciousness
deliciousness
deviousness
helplessness
hilariousness
homelessness
hopelessness
lawlessness
nervousness
obviousness
preciousness
restlessness
ridiculousness
righteousness
seriousness
unconsciousness
viciousness

Synonyms and antonyms of haplessness in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «haplessness» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HAPLESSNESS

Find out the translation of haplessness to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of haplessness from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «haplessness» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

倒霉
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

desventura
570 millions of speakers

English

haplessness
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

haplessness
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التعاسة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

haplessness
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

infelicidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

haplessness
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

haplessness
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kesakitan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

haplessness
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

haplessness
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

haplessness
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Haplessness
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

haplessness
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

haplessness
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अस्थिरता
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Talihsizlik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

haplessness
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

haplessness
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

haplessness
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

haplessness
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

haplessness
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

haplessness
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

haplessness
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

haplessness
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of haplessness

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HAPLESSNESS»

The term «haplessness» is used very little and occupies the 168.945 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HAPLESSNESS» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about haplessness

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HAPLESSNESS»

Discover the use of haplessness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to haplessness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Theophrastean Studies
In the case of haplessness, the possibility of several different kinds of explanation is perhaps not unexpected. As sketched by Theophrastus, it is primarily a character trait tied to a behavioral regularity, so that there is no need to demand a  ...
William W. Fortenbaugh, 2003
2
I Was Told There'd Be Cake
Wry, hilarious, and profoundly genuine, this debut collection of literary essays from Sloane Crosley is a celebration of fallibility and haplessness in all their glory.
Sloane Crosley, 2008
3
Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border: Characters and ...
Quite a few anecdotes about John establish the general impression of haplessness. His haplessness as a driver, homemaker, brother, farmer, etc., is not in itself as funny as his indifference to the consequences of his slackness, something ...
Ray Cashman, 2011
4
Told You So: The Big Book of Weekly Columns
... them each for answers. Corporate greed has reached new depths, because our indentured government has left the American people defenseless. Democratic. Haplessness. September 30, 2005 With all of the troubles surrounding George.
Ralph Nader, 2013
5
Myth and the Polis
Adonis' haplessness at hunting symbolizes his haplessness at adulthood. He fails utterly as a hunter not just because he becomes the hunted instead but, even more fundamentally, because he has no conception of hunting. He succumbs to ...
Dora Carlisky Pozzi, John Moore Wickersham, 1991
6
Prehospital Behavioral Emergencies and Crisis Response
Safety is paramount. l While there are many reasons that people commit suicide, common threads are feelings of hopelessness, haplessness, and helplessness. l Using a standardized technique, such as the SAD PERSONS model, will ...
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS),, Dwight A. Polk, Jeffrey T. Mitchell, 2008
7
Accident Society: Fiction, Collectivity, and the Production ...
Tellingly, they also involve moments of haplessness and chance, as in the dropped bucket or the chance encounter in the desert, and in the vocabulary of that final line, “Nothing had happened.” This absent happening at the end of “The Five ...
Jason Puskar, 2012
8
Temporality in Life As Seen Through Literature: ...
... concretely, to the modern interpretation thereof that goes hand in hand with the trends of Christianity developed from Luther onwards), for it does not entail that haplessness or glee must be accepted with the same gallantry because they are  ...
Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka, 2007
9
Hey! It's That Guy!: The Fametracker. Com Guide to Character ...
Perhaps you enjoyed Gross's prodigious lack of hap during his stint as Adam Green, one of Ellen DeGeneres's early sidekicks on Ellen, a sitcom in which Ellen's apartment served as a kind of hive of haplessness, with Ellen herself as the ...
Tara Ariano, Adam Sternbergh, 2005
10
Preventing Adolescent Suicide
1. What is your child's current emotional status. Is he/she depressed? Have you seen evidence of feelings of helplessness, hopelessness, and/or haplessness? 2 . Have dramatic changes occurred in your child's behavior or personality? 3.
Dave Capuzzi, Larry Golden, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HAPLESSNESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term haplessness is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Dead-battery anxiety? Learn to live without your phone - The Guardian
Friends of yours who haven't met one another before will use your haplessness as an easy thing to bond over. Jokes will be made about ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Anyone for (council) tennis?
I collapse in a heap of haplessness. Clearly I need a bit more practice before I reach Andy Murray's level of tennisocity. And yet the day started ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
3
China embraces the markets
Their haplessness in the face of the market turmoil points to a more disconcerting reality. China is not the first country to prop up a falling ... «The Economist, Jul 15»
4
Yankees visit Red Sox for three before All-Star break
Now, that was a down-and-out Red Sox team, leading the league in haplessness. The Yankees were 12-7 against that group. How about the ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
5
Playing Politics over Dead Bodies
The apathy and haplessness of the state underpins the massive corruption within the State machinery. The situation should serve as warning ... «THEAsiaN, Jul 15»
6
Less bed-hopping and more Matt LeBlanc has made series four of …
The neurotic executive's haplessness when coping with the intense amorous attentions of her boss Helen Basch (Andrea Savage) have been a ... «Radio Times, Jul 15»
7
Manly Sea Eagles off bottom of NRL table with win over Cronulla …
Until the final few minutes of the opening session of play, Cronulla were somewhat hapless – a haplessness well represented by the Sharks ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 15»
8
Motor racer Daniel Ricciardo is having a character-building year
... 13th in last month's Canadian GP, a dispiriting performance on the anniversary of his first win that drove home the haplessness of his position ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jul 15»
9
Weekend Film Recommendation: The Paper Chase
On the contrary, the success of The Paper Chase is its ability to convey just how it is that competent people are reduced to haplessness and ... «The Reality-Based Community, Jul 15»
10
Arnold Somehow Saves Terminator Genisys From Being A Total …
His matter-of-fact delivery and funny line readings have a bit of haplessness to them, that seem part and parcel of his overall slight air of ... «io9, Jul 15»

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