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hopeless

/ˈhoʊplɪs/adjective2 syllables

Hopeless means: without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success.

Synonyms for hopeless19

adjective, as in without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

abject, unhopeful, black, bleak, dim, despairing, desperate, despondent, heartsick, forlorn, futureless, helpless, lost, insoluble, discouraging, impossible, pessimistic

adjective, as in of a person unable to do something skillfully

unskilled

adjective, as in certain to fail

impossible

adjective, as in (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform

bad

Opposites of hopeless

hopeful

What does hopeless mean?4

adjective

1

without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success“in an agony of hopeless grief”

2

of a person unable to do something skillfully“I'm hopeless at mathematics”

3

certain to fail“the situation is hopeless”

4

(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform“she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Hopeless in a sentence

  • I have been in a continuous, unending, hopeless pursuit to prove myself.supermarinete
  • Our situation is not completely hopeless, it's just almost completely hopeless.sundown
  • Faced with such a hopeless situation, he decided to move to another city.sundown
  • You are really a hopeless idiot, aren't you?alester237
  • This situation may seem sad and hopeless, but it won't last.tieguy
  • Do you think you can retrain him, or is he hopeless?AlanF_US
  • I may be a hopeless fool, but please be kind to me.JimBreen
  • You had better not take such a hopeless view of life.CM

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