English to English
hopeless
('h/oU/pl/I/s
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adjective (a)
- without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success(adj.all)Example:
In an agony of hopeless grief.
With a hopeless sigh he sat down.
source: wordnet30 - Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.(adjective)source: webster1913
adjective satellite (s)
- of a person unable to do something skillfully(adj.all)Example:
I'm hopeless at mathematics.
source: wordnet30 - certain to fail(adj.all)Example:
The situation is hopeless.
source: wordnet30 - (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform(adj.all)Example:
She handed me a hopeless jumble of papers.
He is a hopeless romantic.
source: wordnet30
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