unhopeful

6.0

Not expecting success or any improvement

adjective
/ʌnˈhoʊpfəl/

: desesperanzado

There are hopeful and unhopeful varieties of both leftist and rightist positions: authoritarian and democratic-liberal (free-market) positions, and authoritarian and democratic social-democratic positions.

Examples

The team's performance this season has been so poor that the fans are unhopeful about winning the championship.
After hearing the news, she felt utterly unhopeful about the future.
His constant failures left him feeling unhopeful for any improvements in his situation.

Synonyms

bleak

vsunhopeful

68 4.7

Showing little hope or encouragement

is about showing personal lack of expectation and not only describing situations

hopeless

vsunhopeful

48 2.5

Feeling no hope about a situation or the future

is about lacking expectation of success rather than absolute impossibility

gloomy

vsunhopeful

29 2.5

Feeling sad and without much hope

focuses on absence of expectation rather than a general melancholic mood

forlorn

vsunhopeful

22 6.8

Being sad and hopeless and not likely to succeed

is about lacking expectation but not necessarily implying likely failure or abandonment

despondent

vsunhopeful

18 7.7

Feeling very sad and without hope about the future

is about lacking expectation mentally rather than deep discouragement

abject

vsunhopeful

Formal

7 7.7

Showing or feeling complete defeat and no hope

is milder, meaning absence of expectation rather than complete defeat

disheartened

vsunhopeful

5 4.2

Feeling less hopeful and confident after a disappointment

is a more general state of no expectation rather than a reaction to setbacks

crestfallen

vsunhopeful

5 7.5

Sad and disappointed because what you hoped for did not happen

is a general state of lacking expectation, not only the result of dashed hopes

despairing

vsunhopeful

4 4.6

Feeling very hopeless and sad

is less intense, meaning simply lacking expectation rather than deep sadness

unenthusiastic

vsunhopeful

4 3.9

Not showing much interest or excitement

is about lacking expectation of success rather than simple lack of interest

cheerless

vsunhopeful

2 5.5

Not bright or warm and making people feel sad

is about no expectation of success rather than absence of cheer or comfort

futureless

vsunhopeful

1 8.4

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

highlights an attitude of no expectation rather than absence of future possibilities

downhearted

vsunhopeful

1 4.1

Feeling sad and without much hope

is the neutral description of lacking expectation rather than emotional sadness

prospectless

vsunhopeful

7.5

Being without hope of getting better or succeeding

focuses on a general lack of expectation rather than absence of prospects

unpositive

vsunhopeful

7.5

Having a negative or discouraging attitude

is specifically about lacking expectation of success rather than general negativity

Antonyms

optimistic

426 3.2

Expecting good things to happen in the future

hopeful

189 1.8

Feeling positive and expecting a good result

How Hopeful

optimistic

426 3.2

confident

715 2.5

hopeful

189 1.8

doubtful

25 3.0

unhopeful

6.0

despairing

4 4.6

Surface Forms

unhopeful positive

Morphology

unhopeful = hopeful (transparent) = un + hope + ful

Formation by adding the productive English prefix 'un-' to the familiar adjective 'hopeful' yields a straightforward negative meaning.

Etymology

Unhopeful is made from the part un- meaning 'not' and hope meaning 'expectation of something good'. So unhopeful describes someone 'not expecting good' or who 'has no hope'.