haplessness

He could not help smiling at his own complete haplessness, both now and on the night in question.

The haplessness of even Hamas has been evident in this latest crisis.

The permanent Iraqi government, which was supposed to be the answer to everybody's prayers, is a study in haplessness.

John Augustine gets through the role with a certain called-for haplessness, but it's the play that needs a replacement.

A kind of witty haplessness marks pretty nearly everyone in the book, and much of what they attempt.

The third is also about haplessness - the pain and failure of two brothers whose dream is to own a successful restaurant.

More common, and less successful on the whole, is a comic haplessness that seeks to extract sympathy along with laughter.

For a while, the haplessness became almost comical.

In the past he has been criticised for lacking aggressiveness and for haplessness.

It's worth remembering that there have been other watershed moments in the annals of Presidential haplessness.

Paul, who can be devastatingly honest about his own haplessness, finds himself in especially ludicrous situations.

Duran shrugged, a gesture more of haplessness than defiance.

Gray was as funny and vicious about his own haplessness as the foibles of others.

But they also share another characteristic: haplessness.

Is that by design, the sheer evil genius of it all, or just more evidence of a government's utter haplessness?

Yet rather than haplessness or distraction, the quality most characteristic of chess nerds was ferocity.

Connecticut led by 43-37 at the half, but Tennessee's haplessness was encapsulated in the opening moments of the second half.

In any event Mr. Wadsworth's intentions were lost amid the haplessness.

Much of the comedy is provided by the haplessness of her son and son-in-law, first-time producers.

Not only Ray but the judge and even the prosecutor seemed amused by the defendant's haplessness and stupidity.

Sometimes it suggests haplessness or vulnerability.

Their haplessness was summed up when Phil Jones fumbled an own goal in injury time.

One mistake led to another, and another, and another, creating a study in haplessness.

But despite this offensive idea, the haplessness of all three creates some comic moments totally absent from "Going Places."

Christopher Robertson sang the title role firmly and with the right blend of arrogance and haplessness.