hapless

Adjective (1)

1. 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 poor thing”“his poor distorted limbs”“a wretched life”Synonyms: miserablemisfortunatepatheticpiteouspitiablepitifulpoorwretchedOpposite fortunateSimilar unfortunate