hapless
HAP-lisadjMeaning unlucky; having one bad break after another
Memory hook HAP-LESS = LUCK-LESS. Poor Felix: a crow steals his sandwich, a rain cloud follows only him, and his umbrella turns inside out. With no luck at all, he is hapless.
The hapless hiker lost his map, then his hat, then his left boot.
In context The hapless goalie had a miserable afternoon: the sun was in his eyes, his glove tore, and the winning goal bounced in off his own knee.
Similar unlucky, unfortunate, luckless, ill-fated
Opposite lucky, fortunate
From Middle English hap (luck) + -less: without luck.