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The phrase "a hapless" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone who is unfortunate or unlucky, often in a humorous or sympathetic context.
Example: "The hapless traveler found himself stranded at the airport due to a canceled flight."
Alternatives: "an unfortunate" or "a luckless".
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A hapless papal delegation provides the first.
Otherwise, he cut a hapless figure.
Mr. Obama is not a hapless victim.
Two boys tortured a hapless frog.
They're like a hapless master and his hopeless dachshund.
(He was the illegitimate son of a hapless Scottish merchant).
And Italians call a hapless wretch a "poor Christ".
Gene Wilder made his film debut as a hapless undertaker.
Some chickens are killed, maybe even a hapless villager.
Sadly, Mr. Vick's production is a hapless muddle.
By then, his son regarded him as a hapless interloper.
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