no-hoper

noun

no-hop·​er ˈnō-ˈhō-pər 

chiefly British

: one that has no chance of success

Examples of no-hoper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This isn’t like, say, banning Kamala Harris from running for president in 2019 -- a no-hoper destined to sink among a pack of otherwise undistinguished contenders. — Rich Lowry, National Review, 3 Apr. 2025

Shaun is a no-hoper, content with his job at an electronics store and nights at the Winchester Pub with girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) and best mate Ed (Nick Frost). — Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024

If no-hoper perennial candidates like Eric Early and James Bradley can pull enough votes from Garvey, that opens a path to the top-two for Porter or Lee. — The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2024

Democrats have, in recent years, demonstrated the tendency to dream a little too big and pile untold sums of campaign cash in the coffers of a litany of no-hopers. — Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023

That baggy, shambling gang of tuneless no-hopers swept along on the glassy-eyed tide of post-acid house euphoria? — Jonathan Bernstein, SPIN, 7 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1943, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for no-hoper

• interloper
• loper
• roper
• sloper