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   Hope·less

   /ˈhōpləs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or causing despair about something: "Jessica looked at him in mute hopeless appeal" Similar despairingwithout hopein despairdesperatedejecteddownhearteddespondentdemoralizeddisconsolatedowncastwretchedwoebegoneforlornnegativepessimisticdefeatistresignedirremediablebeyond hopelostbeyond remedybeyond repairbeyond recoveryirreparableirreversibleincorrigibledespaired ofpast cureincurablegravefataldeadlyimpossiblebeyond hopewith no chance of successuselessno-winfutileunworkableimpracticableforlornpointlessvainarchaic:bootlessparlousOpposite optimisticremediablecurablehopeful
   • 2. inadequate; incompetent: British "I'm hopeless at names" Similar very badvery poorawfulterribledreadfulappallingfrightfulatrociousinferiorincompetentinadequateineffectiveinformal:patheticuselesslousyrottena dead lossabysmaldireduffrubbisha load of pantsunable to do something for toffeeunable to do something to save one's lifeOpposite accomplished

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