hopeless

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adjective

1. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success (Freq. 3)
- in an agony of hopeless grief
- with a hopeless sigh he sat down
• Ant:
hopeful
• Similar to:
abject, unhopeful, black, bleak, dim,
despairing, desperate, despondent, heartsick, forlorn, futureless,
helpless, lost, insoluble
• See Also:
discouraging, impossible, pessimistic
• Derivationally related forms:
hopelessness
2. of a person unable to do something skillfully
- I'm hopeless at mathematics
• Similar to:
unskilled
• Derivationally related forms:
hopelessness
3. certain to fail
- the situation is hopeless
• Similar to:
impossible
4. (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
- she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
- he is a hopeless romantic
• Similar to:
bad
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism