hopeless
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adjective \ˈhō-pləs\Definition of HOPELESS
1
a : having no expectation of good or success : despairing b : not susceptible to remedy or cure c : incapable of redemption or improvement
2
a : giving no ground for hope : desperate b : incapable of solution, management, or accomplishment : impossible
— hope·less·ness noun
See Examples of HOPELESS
- He felt confused and hopeless after losing his job.
- We were the most hopeless group of golfers you ever saw.
- He's very ill, but his condition isn't hopeless.
First Known Use of HOPELESS
1534
Related to HOPELESS
- Synonyms
- incorrigible, incurable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, irretrievable, unrecoverable, unredeemable
- Antonyms
- curable, reclaimable, recoverable, redeemable, reformable, remediable, retrievable, savable (or saveable)
See Synonym Discussion at despondent
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