Hyphenation of hapless

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word hapless? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

hap-less

Definitions of hapless:

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
2.	You poor thing His poor distorted limbs A wretched life

Synonyms of hapless:

adj	miserable, misfortunate, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched, unfortunate

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.