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Definition of Hopeless
1. Adjective. Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success. "With a hopeless sigh he sat down"
Similar to: Abject, Unhopeful, Black, Bleak, Dim, Despairing, Desperate, Despondent, Heartsick, Forlorn, Futureless, Helpless, Lost, Insoluble
Antonyms: Hopeful
Derivative terms: Hopelessness
2. Adjective. Of a person unable to do something skillfully. "I'm hopeless at mathematics"
3. Adjective. Certain to fail. "The situation is hopeless"
4. Adjective. (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform. "He is a hopeless romantic"
Definition of Hopeless
1. a. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
Definition of Hopeless
1. Adjective. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. ¹
2. Adjective. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hopeless
1. despairing [adj]
Medical Definition of Hopeless
1. 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. Hope"lessly, Hope"lessness. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopeless
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