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hopeless
'hopeless' - used as an adjective
Synonyms for 'hopeless'
1. without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
in an agony of hopeless grief
with a hopeless sigh he sat down
2. of a person unable to do something skillfully
I'm hopeless at mathematics
3. certain to fail
the situation is hopeless
4. (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
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