haplessnessn.

1798 C. B. Brown Wieland xvii. 192 Then I heaped upon my guards the most vehement reproaches, or betook myself to wailings on the haplessness of my condition.

1814 Crit. Rev. 4th Ser. 6 50 Mr. Farmer..communicates the hope he had once formed, but which he now believes the haplessness of her situation must prevent from being ever realized.

1862 London Q. Rev. Oct. 91 Unwillingness to throw away any opportunity for dilating on the haplessness of professional penmen.

1971 Times 11 Jan. 13/4 I hope..your correspondence on the haplessness of the private as against the packaged tourist isn't quite dead yet.

2007 Church Times 5 Jan. 13/1 Matthew audaciously turns a traditional theme—the haplessness of heathen quackery—on its head.