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- Dictionaryhope·less/ˈhōpləs/
adjective
- 1. feeling or causing despair about something: "Jessica looked at him in mute hopeless appeal" Similar Opposite
- 2. inadequate; incompetent: British "I'm hopeless at names" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of HOPELESS is having no expectation of good or success : despairing. How to use hopeless in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hopeless.
completely without skill at a particular activity: hopeless atI'm hopeless at sports. He's a hopeless cook. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad at something. bad at I was overweight and bad at sport. hopeless I’m completely hopeless in the kitchen. useless UK He’s useless at maths. rubbish UK She’s a pretty rubbish singer, really.
Hopeless definition: providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate. See examples of HOPELESS used in a sentence.
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.
hopeless is used of a feeling of futility and passive abandonment of oneself to fate: Hopeless and grim, he still clung to the cliff. despairing refers to the loss of hope in regard to a particular situation, whether important or trivial; it suggests an intellectual judgment concerning probabilities: despairing of victory; despairing of finding ...
HOPELESS definition: 1. very bad and not likely to succeed or improve: 2. very bad at a particular activity: 3…. Learn more.
adj. 1. providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless medical condition. 2. without hope; despairing: hopeless grief. 3. impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc: a hopeless misunderstanding. 4. not able to learn or act, perform, or work as desired; inadequate: The new clerk is hopeless with figures. [1560–70]
if something is hopeless, there is no hope that it will get better or succeed. a hopeless situation; It's hopeless trying to convince her. Most of the students are making good progress, but Michael is a hopeless case. He felt that his life was a hopeless mess.
hopeless meaning, definition, what is hopeless: if something that you try to do is hopel...: Learn more.
completely without skill at a particular activity: hopeless at I'm hopeless at sports. He's a hopeless cook. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad at something. bad at I was overweight and bad at sports. hopeless I’m completely hopeless in the kitchen. useless UK He’s useless at maths. rubbish UK She’s a pretty rubbish singer, really.
