(adj) deserving or inciting pity; ; ; - Galsworthy, Syn. misfortunate, pitiful, wretched, miserable, poor, piteous, pathetic, pitiable, Example:a hapless victim; miserable victims of war; the shabby room struck her as extraordinarily pathetic; piteous appeals for help; pitiable homeless children; a pitiful fate; Oh, you poor thing; his poor distorted limbs; a wretched life
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[赵括 / 趙括, Zhào Kuòㄓㄠˋ ㄎㄨㄛˋ] Zhao Kuo (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400, 000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC; also called Ma Fuzi 馬服子|马服子, See Also: 趙國, 赵国, 馬服子, 马服子#41677
[马服子 / 馬服子, Mǎ Fú zǐㄇㄚˇ ㄈㄨˊ ㄗˇ] Ma Fuzi (-260 BC), hapless general of Zhao 趙國|赵国, who famously led an army of 400, 000 to annihilation at Changping in 260 BC; also called Zhao Kuo 趙括|赵括, See Also: 趙國, 赵国, 趙括, 赵括