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[ adjective ] without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
Examples "in an agony of hopeless grief" "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" Used in print (Nathan Rapport, ""I've Been Here before!"...)In this manner they side-step the seemingly hopeless investigation of the greater depths of mystery in which all_of us grope continually . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)They caused my love for Jessica to become warmer and at_the_same_time more hopeless , as if my adolescent self knew that only torment would ever bring me the courage to ask to see her again . |
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[ adjective ] of a person unable to do something skillfully
Examples "I'm hopeless at mathematics" Related terms |
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[ adjective ] (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
Examples "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers" "he is a hopeless romantic" Related terms |
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