Hopeless - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈhəʊpləs|  American pronunciation of the word hopeless
Brit.  |ˈhəʊplɪs|  British pronunciation of the word hopeless

adjective

- of a person unable to do something skillfully
I'm hopeless at mathematics
- certain to fail
the situation is hopeless
- (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
he is a hopeless romantic

Extra examples

He felt confused and hopeless after losing his job.

We were the most hopeless group of golfers you ever saw.

He's very ill, but his condition isn't hopeless.

It's hopeless to expect him to help.

You can't do a thing for people like that, they are hopeless.

We tried to stop the flames from spreading, but we knew it was hopeless.

Getting your work published often seems a hopeless task.

I kept on struggling forward, even though I knew it was hopeless.

The situation is not as hopeless as it might seem.

I'm a hopeless cook.

My brother was always pretty hopeless at ball games.

I'm hopeless with machinery.

I've got a hopeless memory.

The public transport system was absolutely hopeless.

I began to feel lonely and hopeless.

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