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hopeless

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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.

hopeless·ness n.
hopeless·ly adv.

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
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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"

hopeless
adjective
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 beginningsu 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 caseel médico dice que no tiene salvación, el médico lo ha desahuciado
a hopeless drunkun 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 romanticun romántico incorregible
2. (= despairing) [cry] → de desespración; [grief] → desesperado
to feel hopelesssentirse desesperanzado
she gave a hopeless sighsuspiró desesperada
3. (= not competent) he's completely hopelesses un inútil
she's a hopeless managercomo jefa es una nulidad or es penosa
the buses round here are hopelesslos autobuses de por aquí son un desastre
to be hopeless at (doing) sth: he's hopeless at footballes un desastre jugando al fútbol, es una nulidad para el fútbol
I was hopeless at schoolera un negado or una nulidad para los estudios
I'm hopeless at maths/cookingsoy un negado para las matemáticas/la cocina
I'd be hopeless at working for somebody elseyo no serviría para trabajar para otros

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

hopeless
adj
(= impossible) love, attempt, task, causeaussichtslos; situation, casehoffnungslos; (= despairing) person, cry, sigh, gesture, lookverzweifelt; to feel hopelesskeine Hoffnung haben; pupils feel hopeless about job prospectsSchüler haben keine Hoffnung auf eine Stelle
(inf) (= useless, terrible)hoffnungslos; (= incorrigible) drunk, liar, romanticunverbesserlich; she’s a hopeless manager/organizerals Managerin/im Organisieren ist sie ein hoffnungsloser Fall; I’m hopeless at maths/sportin Mathe/Sport bin ich hoffnungslos or ein hoffnungsloser Fall; to be hopeless at doing somethingetw absolut or überhaupt nicht können; her room is in a hopeless muddle or messin ihrem Zimmer herrscht ein hoffnungsloses or heilloses Durcheinander; the buses are quite hopelessdie Busse kann man vergessen (inf); the weather/food was hopelessdas Wetter/Essen war unmöglich

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
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

hopeless يائس beznadějný håbløs hoffnungslos απελπισμένος desesperado toivoton désespéré beznadežan disperato 希望を失って 가망 없는 hopeloos håpløs beznadziejny sem esperança безнадежный hopplös ไม่มีความหวัง umutsuz vô vọng 无希望的


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At last he grew so tired and hopeless that he threw down the bundle of sticks, and cried out: "I cannot bear this life any longer.
tho' that long dream were of hopeless sorrow,'Twere better than the dull reality Of waking life to him whose heart shall be, And hath been ever, on the chilly earth, A chaos of deep passion from his birth !
 
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