misfortunate vs hapless

misfortunate and hapless both are adjectives.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
misfortunate	No	Yes	No	No
hapless	No	Yes	No	No

As adjectives, misfortunate and hapless are synonyms defined as:

Other synonyms of misfortunate include miserable, pathetic, piteous, pitiable, pitiful, poor, wretched.

misfortunate (adjective)	hapless (adjective)
deserving or inciting pity	deserving or inciting pity