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- DictionaryHope·less/ˈhōpləs/
adjective
- 1. feeling or causing despair about something: "Jessica looked at him in mute hopeless appeal"
- 2. inadequate; incompetent: British "I'm hopeless at names"
The meaning of HOPELESS is having no expectation of good or success : despairing. How to use hopeless in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Hopeless.
Hopeless definition: providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate. See examples of HOPELESS used in a sentence.
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. bad at I was overweight and bad at sports. hopeless I’m completely hopeless in the kitchen. useless UK He’s useless at maths. rubbish UK She’s a pretty rubbish singer, really.
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.
Some common synonyms of hopeless are despairing, desperate, and despondent. While all these words mean "having lost all or nearly all hope," hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies acceptance or resignation.
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]
When you're struggling to learn a new language or tackling a difficult task and feeling utterly discouraged, you can say that you're hopeless. In other words, you have no hope that things will work out the way you wish they would.
Someone or something that is hopeless is certain to fail or be unsuccessful. I don't believe your situation is as hopeless as you think. A doctor is there to treat and to cure, not to dismiss anyone as a hopeless case. If someone is hopeless at something, they are very bad at it.
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.
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:
