hopeless
133
2.7
- adjective
- /ˈhoʊpləs/
:
sin esperanza
- But it is a hopeless task and he is losing supporters by the day.
- a hopeless case
- a hopeless situation
- seem hopeless
And you feel so helpless at this hopeless situation that you're facing.
- And you feel so helpless at this hopeless situation that you're facing.
- It's just, it's a, it's a hopeless situation and we've been lied to.
- And I've also seen, conversely, scripts that look pretty hopeless that suddenly broke through.
- But with that being said, it's not hopeless.
- But it is a hopeless task and he is losing supporters by the day.
- She too, is caught in her own hopeless scene.
- And the theory has been that it's hopeless to try to invest and beat the market.
- And he goes on and says hopeless wherever one looks.
- And are there certain people for whom it's hopeless?
- And the end of the story was actually quite hopeless.
- Do we live in housing which is hopeless?
Examples
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But we should look ahead and not feel hopeless or helpless.
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Only she could soothe away his sense of hopeless frustration and personal failure.
Fiction book (1991) -
I think they feel very hopeless about any future justice being brought.
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But what they have found in initial research is that the young men do feel pretty hopeless about their marriage prospects.
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The conventional wisdom on Africa is that it is a hopeless case.
Academic text (2008) -
It provides the thrill of hope to people who are in a hopeless situation.
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And though the landscape seems barren and hopeless, the most beautiful flowers make their appearance.
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And in so doing, boundary setting can stop feeling like a frustrating and hopeless endeavor.
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After weeks of searching, they felt hopeless about finding the missing dog.
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She realized it was a hopeless effort to change his mind once he had made a decision.
Synonyms
68
4.7
Showing little hope or encouragement
28
4.9
A job or situation that gives no chance to move up and get better
15
6.5
Unable to continue because progress has stopped
7
3.4
Feeling less confident and hopeful because of problems
7
7.7
Showing or feeling complete defeat and no hope
4
2.0
Unable to act because you have no help or guidance
4
4.6
Feeling very hopeless and sad
3
4.7
Feeling sad and without much hope
2
6.4
Not able to succeed or continue, for example a project
1
8.4
A situation that gives no chance to get a better life or succeed
Being without hope of getting better or succeeding
Not expecting success or any improvement
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Etymology
Hopeless comes from hope + -less 'without', so a 'hopeless' situation is one that seems to have no chance of success or no way to be helped.