hapless

adjective4

1. •
   Especially of a person, unfortunate.
2. •
   Very unlucky; ill-fated.

   • My dear friend, are you to become that hapless kind of outcast, a champion of lost causes? — 1914
3. •
   Very miserable, wretched, unhappy, measly, forlorn.
4. •
   Devoid of talent or skill.