not lucky; experiencing extreme bad luck 倒运的;不幸的 the hapless victims of exploitation 受到剥削的不幸牺牲品 Often the hapless victims have no warning that the flood is on its way. 不幸的受害者通常没有洪水即将到来的警告。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHapless is used with these nouns:- victim
Word Originlate Middle English: from hap (in the early sense ‘good fortune’) + -less.