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- Dictionaryhopeless/ˈhəʊpləs/
adjective
- 1. feeling or causing despair: "Jess looked at him in mute hopeless appeal" Similar Opposite
- 2. very bad or incompetent: British "I'm hopeless at names" Similar Opposite
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The meaning of HOPELESS is having no expectation of good or success : despairing. How to use hopeless in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hopeless.
B1. without hope: a hopeless situation. They searched for survivors but it was hopeless. She was depressed and felt totally hopeless about the future. B2. completely without skill at a particular activity: hopeless at I'm hopeless at sports. He's a hopeless cook. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad at something.
hopeless is used of a feeling of futility and passive abandonment of oneself to fate: Hopeless and grim, he still clung to the cliff. despairing refers to the loss of hope in regard to a particular situation, whether important or trivial; it suggests an intellectual judgment concerning probabilities: despairing of victory; despairing of finding ...
adj. 1. providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless medical condition. 2. without hope; despairing: hopeless grief. 3. impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc: a hopeless misunderstanding. 4. not able to learn or act, perform, or work as desired; inadequate: The new clerk is hopeless with figures. [1560–70]
B1. without hope: a hopeless situation. They searched for survivors but it was hopeless. She was depressed and felt totally hopeless about the future. B2. completely without skill at a particular activity: hopeless at I'm hopeless at sports. He's a hopeless cook. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. bad at something.
Someone who's hopeless believes that nothing good can happen — a happy ending seems impossible. If you realize there's no way you'll pass your biology class, it's a hopeless situation.
Hopeless definition: providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate. See examples of HOPELESS used in a sentence.
adjective. /ˈhəʊpləs/ if something is hopeless, there is no hope that it will get better or succeed. a hopeless situation. It's hopeless trying to convince her. Most of the students are making good progress, but Michael is a hopeless case. He felt that his life was a hopeless mess. Extra Examples. Topics Difficulty and failure b2.
very bad and not likely to succeed or improve: a hopeless situation. They searched for survivors, but it was hopeless. hopeless adjective (NOT ABLE) B2. very bad at a particular activity: Dad's a hopeless cook. I'm hopeless at sports. hopeless adjective (NOT POSITIVE) B1. feeling no hope:
Allowing no hope; causing despair. A hopeless situation. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Impossible to solve, cure, deal with, teach, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Having no hope or chance of changing or improving. A hopeless romantic; a hopeless procrastinator.
