hopelessly
adverb
hope·less·ly
ˈhō-pləs-lē 
: in a hopeless manner
stared hopelessly out the window
—used especially as an intensifierhopelessly optimistic
They fell hopelessly in love.
… the formerly despised and hopelessly middle-class game of golf.—
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Who and the songwriting duo behind all the classics — were completely frozen out and had to hopelessly watch from the sidelines.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
More than 1450 days later, that timeframe looks hopelessly naïve and has proved to have been a fundamental miscalculation that has taken a devastating toll in pain, destruction and bloodshed.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
My response—cranky, tweedy—was hopelessly on brand for a history professor.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
One analysis found there were 10,900 stories based on the report, despite journalists and researchers showing that its methods were hopelessly flawed and its results being directly contradicted by more systematic research from the London School of Economics.
—Christopher Marquis, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
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Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 28 Feb. 2026
More than 1450 days later, that timeframe looks hopelessly naïve and has proved to have been a fundamental miscalculation that has taken a devastating toll in pain, destruction and bloodshed.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 21 Feb. 2026
My response—cranky, tweedy—was hopelessly on brand for a history professor.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
One analysis found there were 10,900 stories based on the report, despite journalists and researchers showing that its methods were hopelessly flawed and its results being directly contradicted by more systematic research from the London School of Economics.
—Christopher Marquis, Time, 18 Feb. 2026
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“Hopelessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hopelessly. Accessed 7 Mar. 2026.
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