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hope·less  (hpls)

adj.

1. Having no hope; despairing. See Synonyms at despondent.

2. Offering no hope; bleak.

3. Incurable.

4. Having no possibility of solution; impossible.

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hopeless·ness n.

hopeless·ly adv.

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hopeless [ˈhəʊplɪs]

adj

1. having or offering no hope

2. impossible to analyse or solve

3. unable to learn, function, etc.

4. Informal without skill or ability

hopelessly  adv

hopelessness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	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" discouraging - depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word" pessimistic - expecting the worst possible outcome impossible - not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation" hopeful - having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
	2.	hopeless - of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics" unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
	3.	hopeless - certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless" impossible - not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"
	4.	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" colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech bad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"

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hopeless

adjective

1. pessimistic, desperate, despairing, forlorn, in despair, abject, dejected, despondent, demoralized, defeatist, disconsolate, downhearted Even able pupils feel hopeless about job prospects.
pessimistic optimistic, confident, assured, happy, hopeful, cheerful, uplifted, heartened, expectant

2. impossible, pointless, futile, useless, vain, forlorn, no-win, unattainable, impracticable, unachievable, not having a prayer I don't believe your situation is as hopeless as you think.

3. (Informal) no good, inadequate, useless (informal), poor, pants (informal), pathetic, inferior, incompetent, ineffectual I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else.

4. incurable, irreversible, irreparable, lost, helpless, irremediable, past remedy, remediless a hopeless mess
incurable curable, remediable

Translations

hopeless [ˈhəʊplɪs] ADJ

1. (= impossible) [task] → imposible; [attempt] → vano; [cause] → perdido; [situation, position] → desesperado; [love] → imposible
his attempt to swim the river was hopeless from the beginning → su tentativa de cruzar el río a nado estaba condenada al fracaso desde el principio
it's hopeless! → ¡es inútil!
a hopeless case (= person) → un caso perdido
he's a hopeless case! → es un caso perdido, no tiene remedio
the doctor says it is a hopeless case → el médico dice que no tiene salvación, el médico lo ha desahuciado
a hopeless drunk → un borracho empedernido
to be (in) a hopeless mess or muddle [room] → estar hecho un desastre; [plans] → estar muy embrollado; [person] → estar hecho un lío
a hopeless romantic → un romántico incorregible

2. (= despairing) [cry] → de desespración; [grief] → desesperado
to feel hopeless → sentirse desesperanzado
she gave a hopeless sigh → suspiró desesperada

3. (= not competent) he's completely hopeless → es un inútil
she's a hopeless manager → como jefa es una nulidad or es penosa
the buses round here are hopeless → los autobuses de por aquí son un desastre
to be hopeless at (doing) sth: he's hopeless at football → es un desastre jugando al fútbol, es una nulidad para el fútbol
I was hopeless at school → era un negado or una nulidad para los estudios
I'm hopeless at maths/cooking → soy un negado para las matemáticas/la cocina
I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else → yo no serviría para trabajar para otros

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hopeless [ˈhəʊpləs] adj

[situation] → désespéré(e)
to be a hopeless mess → être une pagaille épouvantable

(= without hope) [person] to feel hopeless → être désespéré(e)

(= useless) → nul(le)
to be hopeless at sth → être nul(le) en qch
I'm hopeless at maths → Je suis nul en maths.
to be hopeless at doing sth → être nul(le) quand il s'agit de faire qch
to be hopeless as sth → être nul(le) comme qch

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hopeless

adj

(= impossible) love, attempt, task, cause → aussichtslos; situation, case → hoffnungslos; (= despairing) person, cry, sigh, gesture, look → verzweifelt; to feel hopeless → keine Hoffnung haben; pupils feel hopeless about job prospects → Schüler haben keine Hoffnung auf eine Stelle

(inf) (= useless, terrible) → hoffnungslos; (= incorrigible) drunk, liar, romantic → unverbesserlich; she’s a hopeless manager/organizer → als Managerin/im Organisieren ist sie ein hoffnungsloser Fall; I’m hopeless at maths/sport → in Mathe/Sport bin ich hoffnungslos or ein hoffnungsloser Fall; to be hopeless at doing something → etw absolut or überhaupt nicht können; her room is in a hopeless muddle or mess → in ihrem Zimmer herrscht ein hoffnungsloses or heilloses Durcheinander; the buses are quite hopeless → die Busse kann man vergessen (inf); the weather/food was hopeless → das Wetter/Essen war unmöglich

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hopeless [ˈhəʊplɪs] adj (impossible, useless, situation) → impossibile; (outlook, case) → disperato/a, senza speranza; (drunkard) → incorreggibile, inguaribile; (bad, work) (fam) → disastroso/a
I'm hopeless at it (fam) → sono completamente negato per questo
it's hopeless trying to convince her → è perfettamente inutile or è fiato sprecato cercare di convincerla

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