hopeless

Definition of Hopeless in English :

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Adjective

1. hopeless

without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

Example Sentences:
'in an agony of hopeless grief'
'with a hopeless sigh he sat down'

2. hopeless

of a person unable to do something skillfully

Example Sentences:
'I'm hopeless at mathematics'

3. hopeless

certain to fail

Example Sentences:
'the situation is hopeless'

4. hopeless

(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform

Example Sentences:
'she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers'
'he is a hopeless romantic'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Hopeless

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adjective

1.

having or offering no hope

2.

impossible to analyse or solve

3.

unable to learn, function, etc

4. informal

without skill or ability

Hopeless

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adjective

1.

without hope

a hopeless prisoner

2.

allowing no hope; causing despair

a hopeless situation

3.

impossible to solve, cure, deal with, teach, etc.

Hopeless

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adj.

1.

a. Having no hope; despairing: lost hikers who felt hopeless.

b. Characterized by despair: hopeless resignation.

2.

a. Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with; impossible: a hopeless problem; a hopeless disease.

b. Having no hope or chance of changing or improving: a hopeless romantic; a hopeless procrastinator.

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