hopeless

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

Adjective

1. having or offering no hope

2. impossible to solve

3. Informal without skill or ability: I'm hopeless at maths

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 << OPPOSITE hopeful

adjective 2. impossible, pointless, futile, useless, vain, forlorn, no-win, unattainable, impracticable, unachievable, not having a prayer

adjective 3. (Informal) no good, inadequate, useless (informal) poor, pants (informal) pathetic, inferior, incompetent, ineffectual

adjective 4. incurable, irreversible, irreparable, lost, helpless, irremediable, past remedy, remediless << OPPOSITE curable

Translations

hopeless [ˈhəuplɪs] adj → desesperado

hopeless [ˈhəuplɪs] hope adj → désespéré(e) → sans espoir (= useless); nul(le)

hopeless [ˈhəuplɪs] hope adj → hoffnungslos;

(situation) → aussichtslos;

(useless);

to be hopeless at sth → etw überhaupt nicht können

hopeless [ˈhəuplɪs] adj → senza speranza, disperato/a (= useless); inutile