hopeless
pronunciation
How to pronounce hopeless in British English:
UK [ˈhəʊpləs]
How to pronounce hopeless in American English:
US [ˈhoʊpləs]
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- Adjective:
- without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
- of a person unable to do something skillfully
- certain to fail
- (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
Word Origin
- hopeless (adj.)
- 1560s, from hope (n.) + -less. Related: Hopelessly; hopelessness.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Have you recently felt down , depressed or hopeless ?
- 2. Not if it breeds reckless or hopeless fatalism .
- 3. The lesson is not that the wage-slave leaders are hopeless .
- 4. I 'm trying to put myself out there ...... but I feel hopeless .
- 5. All thanks to the hopeless , villainous tepco .