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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.
Synonyms for HOPELESS: incurable, incorrigible, irredeemable, irremediable, irretrievable, unredeemable, irreparable, irrecoverable; Antonyms of HOPELESS: recoverable, curable, remediable, redeemable, retrievable, reversible, promising, savable.
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 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.
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]
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.
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. We won't bother to appeal—it's a hopeless case. He felt that his life was a hopeless mess.
HOPELESS definition: 1. very bad and not likely to succeed or improve: 2. very bad at a particular activity: 3…. Learn more.
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate. A hopeless cause. Wiktionary. Synonyms: irremediable. incurable. cureless. irreparable. forlorn. despondent. desperate. despairing. irredeemable.
