hopeless

[hope·less]

Someone who's hopeless believes that nothing good can happen a happy ending seems impossible. If you realize there's no way you'll pass your biology class, it's a hopeless situation.

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Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

Adjective S.
(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"

Adjective
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

Adjective S.
certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"

Adjective S.
of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I''m hopeless at mathematics"


a.
Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

a.
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.

a.
Unhoped for; despaired of.


Hopeless

Hope"less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.
2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
The hopelessword of "never to return" Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life.
3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] Marston. -- Hope"less*ly, adv. -- Hope"less*ness, n.

Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

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Usage Examples

As another has well said, to handicap a student by teaching him that his black face is a curse and that his struggle to change his condition is hopeless is the worst sort of lynching.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

I am a hopeless romantic and I love to spoil my girlfriends.

A little more persistence, a little more effort, and what seemed hopeless failure may turn to glorious success.

I am a bit of a hopeless romantic. I really do have a faith and a belief in love, and when I love, I love hard.

I think I'll always be a hopeless romantic.

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Other Usage Examples

Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.

I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.

I am a hopeless romantic. And I won't stop till I get it right.

I'm a hopeless romantic and I believe that you can find love in many different places and be very conflicted. I've discovered as I've grown up that life is far more complicated than you think it is when you're a kid. It isn't just a straightforward fairytale.

I used to be a hopeless romantic - I fell in love with everyone I went out with.

I am a hopeless romantic.

A careful inspection showed them that, even if they succeeded in righting it by themselves, the cart would travel no longer. The axles were in a hopeless state, and the missing wheel was shattered into pieces.

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