Thesaurus: hopeless

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1. a. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
2. a. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
3. a. Unhoped for; despaired of.
4. adj. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
5. adj. of a person unable to do something skillfully
6. adj. certain to fail
7. adj. (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
8. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause. The hopelessword of "never to return" Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. Shak. 3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] Marston. -- Hope"less*ly, adv. -- Hope"less*ness, n.
9. j:100 a. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success s. of a person unable to do something skillfully s. certain to fail s. (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform