The quality or state of being consistently unlucky or unfortunate.
Formed from hapless + -ness suffix, creating an abstract noun. This combines the same luck-based root as 'haplessly' with the standard English suffix for converting adjectives into nouns representing qualities or states.
The suffix '-ness' is one of English's most productive tools—you can add it to almost any adjective to make a noun—but 'haplessness' is rarely used because we typically just say 'bad luck' or 'misfortune' instead. It's grammatically perfect but socially awkward!
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