 hopeless |
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| 1. | [ adjective ] without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success | |
| Examples: | "in an agony of hopeless grief" "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" |
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| Related terms: | hopeful despairing helpless despondent black gloomy incurable insoluble abject forlorn futureless impossible pessimistic discouraging | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] of a person unable to do something skillfully | |
| Examples: | "I'm hopeless at mathematics" |
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| Related terms: | unskilled | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] certain to fail | |
| Examples: | "the situation is hopeless" |
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| Related terms: | impossible | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform | |
| Examples: | "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers" "he is a hopeless romantic" |
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| Related terms: | colloquialism bad | |
| Similar spelling: |
hopelessly |
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