futureless

1 8.4

A situation that gives no chance to get a better life or succeed

adjective
/ˈfjuːtʃərləs/

: sin futuro

In a futureless society, individuals struggle to find motivation for their everyday lives.

Examples

They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and chance the future.

Blog text (27)
So futureless was that single revolution.

Fiction book (1990)
He's telling me he's futureless.

28 Days Later (2002)
Wounded, braggart, futureless boys, they had killed before and gotten away with it and would do it again for a lark and the right price.

Fiction book (1999)
They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future.

Blog text (9)
Feeling hopeless, the writers thought their careers were futureless in a world that favored only big names.
Many young people today feel futureless due to the lack of job opportunities and economic instability.

Synonyms

dead-end

vsfutureless

36 4.9

A job or situation that gives no chance to move up and get better

is more general, describing lack of future possibilities in any context

hopeless

vsfutureless

30 2.5

Feeling no hope about a situation or the future

focuses on the objective absence of future possibilities rather than feeling

unhopeful

vsfutureless

1 6.0

Not expecting success or any improvement

is firmer, denying any real possibility of success or improvement

prospectless

vsfutureless

1 7.5

Being without hope of getting better or succeeding

is the same in meaning but uses different wording

Antonyms

promising

205 3.1

Showing signs of future success

hopeful

55 1.0

Showing signs that a plan or project will be successful

How Hopeful

optimistic

334 3.2

hopeful

181 1.8

uncertain

145 2.8

futureless

1 8.4

doomed

220 4.9

Surface Forms

futureless positive

Morphology

futureless = future (transparent) = future + less

The adjective is a straightforward derivation from the noun 'future' with the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the meaning is directly recoverable.

Etymology

Futureless is made of the noun future 'what will happen' and the ending -less 'without'. So, futureless literally means 'without a future', describing someone or something with no hope or chance to move forward.