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1. (adj.) hopeless
providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate:
a hopeless medical condition.
2. hopeless
without hope; despairing:
hopeless grief.
3. hopeless
impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc:
a hopeless misunderstanding.
4. hopeless
not able to learn or act, perform, or work as desired; inadequate:
The new clerk is hopeless with figures.
Etymology: (1560–70)
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| Definition of 'hopeless' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) hopeless
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"
2. (adj) hopeless
of a person unable to do something skillfully
"I'm hopeless at mathematics"
3. (adj) hopeless
certain to fail
"the situation is hopeless"
4. (adj) hopeless
(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"
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1. (adjective) hopeless
≠ promising
a hopeless attempt to save the girl
2. hopeless
extremely bad; = useless
Grandma's a hopeless driver.; my hopeless attempts at playing the piano
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| Definition of 'hopeless' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) hopeless
destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
2. (adj) hopeless
giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause
3. (adj) hopeless
unhoped for; despaired of
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Sense: not likely to be successful
It's hopeless to try to persuade him; a hopeless attempt; The future looks hopeless.
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 Afrikaans: hopeloos |
 Arabic: ميؤوس، مُتَعَذِّر، مُسْتَ |
 Bulgarian: безнадежден |
 Brazilian: inútil |
 Czech: beznadějný |
 German: hoffnungslos |
 Danish: håbløs |
 Greek: απελπιστικός, απεγνωσμένο |
 Spanish: inútil |
 Estonian: lootusetu |
 Farsi: نا اميد |
 Finnish: toivoton |
 French: sans espoir |
 Hebrew: חֲסַר תִקווָה |
 Hindi: निराशा |
 Croatian: beznadan, ocajan |
 Hungarian: reménytelen |
 Indonesian: sia-sia |
 Icelandic: vonlaus |
 Italian: impossibile, senza speran |
 Japanese: 望みのない |
 Korean: 절망적인 |
 Lithuanian: beviltiškas |
 Latvian: bezcerīgs |
 Malay: tiada harapan |
 Dutch: hopeloos |
 Norwegian: håpløs, umulig |
 Polish: beznadziejny |
 Persian: نا اميد |
 Pashto: نا هیلی |
 Portuguese: inútil |
 Romanian: fără speranţă |
 Russian: безнадёжный |
 Slovak: beznádejný |
 Slovenian: brezupen |
 Serbian: beznadežan |
 Swedish: hopplös |
 Thai: ซึ่งสิ้นหวัง |
 Turkish: ümitsiz, sonu karanlık/şü |
 Taiwanese: 無望的 |
 Ukrainian: безнадійний |
 Urdu: نا امید |
 Vietnamese: tuyệt vọng; vô vọng |
 Chinese: 无希望的，绝望的 |
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