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hopeless

/'hoʊplɪs/

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adjective
certain to fail
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"the situation is hopeless"

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impossible
adjective
(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
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"she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers" "he is a hopeless romantic"

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bad
adjective
of a person unable to do something skillfully
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"I'm hopeless at mathematics"

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

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despondent dim forlorn futureless heartsick helpless black insoluble lost unhopeful bleak abject despairing desperate

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hopeful

Examples of hopeless

"the situation is hopeless"
"she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"
"he is a hopeless romantic"
"I'm hopeless at mathematics"
"in an agony of hopeless grief"
"with a hopeless sigh he sat down"