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hopeless
adjective
1 hopeless
Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success.
Roget 859:
hopeless,
desperate,
despairing,
gone,
in despair,
au desespoir [Fr.],
forlorn,
desolate;
inconsolable
etc.
(dejected)
837;
broken hearted.
unpromising,
unpropitious;
inauspicious,
ill-omened,
threatening,
clouded over.
out of the question,
not to be thought of;
impracticable
etc.
471;
past hope,
past cure,
past mending,
past recall;
at one's last gasp
etc.
(death)
360;
given up,
given over.
incurable,
cureless,
immedicable,
remediless,
beyond remedy;
incorrigible;
irreparable,
irremediable,
irrecoverable,
irreversible,
irretrievable,
irreclaimable,
irredeemable,
irrevocable;
ruined,
undone;
immitigable.
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2 hopeless
Of a person unable to do something skillfully.
3 hopeless
Certain to fail.
Polish: bezwyjściowy, rozpaczliwy, beznadziejny, patowy
4 hopeless
informal to emphasize how bad it is Beyond hope of management or reform.
Polish: beznadziejny
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