Used in a Sentence

haplessly

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for haplessly.

Editorial note

This really doesn't make sense without those (you'll be haplessly looking for the comment, failing to understand the title).

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

In a hapless manner.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of haplessly gathered in one view.

adverb

In a hapless manner.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for haplessly.

adverb

In a hapless manner.

Example sentences

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This really doesn't make sense without those (you'll be haplessly looking for the comment, failing to understand the title).

2

Facebook is the epitome of the modern web where you stand there haplessly while getting bags of poop thrown at you.

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Or are they just haplessly floating on the narrowly applied intelligence of their workers?

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Apparently the practical problems were related to people haplessly firewalling it out (ref.

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I'm not going to spend my spare time haplessly looking online to unfuck the new current set of fuckery.

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For everyone who is doing this knowingly, there are countless other sincere but unwitting tools haplessly just buying the line sold to them.

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Which is a problem both for how they behave in those facets, and for students haplessly trusting the university when a sociopathic facet is involved.

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You can haplessly sign in to your account for YouTube TV on another family member’s Google (TV) account without it bringing up an account switcher.

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They were not just haplessly corrupt but active in that effort.

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Your equation isn’t more even, you’ve just flipped the one side, assuming that consumers have all the power and Hollywood is just haplessly following demand.

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So its always this stupid game which others play and the common Africans are haplessly caught in the middle wondering why their countries are so impoverished.

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I see end users haplessly clicking on tooltips, waiting for something to happen.

Quote examples

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The insight with "every fucking bootstrap site" wasn't about sites having similar looks, it was about sites haplessly repeating the same design-forward look and feel.

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And yet we haplessly continue even after seafood has been so globally contaminated we went from a baseline experience our ancestors enjoyed of "eat all the seafood you care to eat in your diet", to "watch your methylmercury intake when you eat seafood".

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use haplessly in a sentence?

This really doesn't make sense without those (you'll be haplessly looking for the comment, failing to understand the title).

What does haplessly mean?

In a hapless manner.

What part of speech is haplessly?

haplessly is commonly used as adverb.