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But thanks to the big change and a foresighted editor, these hapless females are gone for good.
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They also appear as literal traps into which a hapless pedestrian may fall if he or she happens to step on one.
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Most of his hapless peers had regarded him as a good friend.
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He makes a fateful choice to assist a hapless girl early in the story.
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He covered all types, ranging from hapless souls and college professors to heavies, salesmen, and policemen.
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These comic diversions usually come to an abrupt end, often due to the hapless sudden death of a gag character.
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Using powerful magic and swordsmanship they battle overreaching wizards, demons seeking to destroy the world, and an occasional hapless gang of bandits.
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Initially seen as incompetent and hapless, he later develops into a better police officer throughout the series.
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Moreover, the driver waved his arm in warning even as he covered his face to avoid seeing the train strike the hapless signalman.
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Playing a hapless, sincere, and sometimes buffoonish everyman caught up in world events, he demonstrates the relevance of these concepts to daily life.
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