1 if sth 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.
2 (BrE, informal) extremely bad:
The buses are absolutely hopeless these days!
3 ~ (at sth) (especially BrE) (of people) very bad (at sth); with no ability or skill:
a hopeless driver * I'm hopeless at science.
4 feeling or showing no hope:
She felt lonely and hopeless.
hopelessly adverb:
hopelessly confused / outnumbered * They were hopelessly lost. * to be hopelessly in love * 'I'll never manage it,' he said hopelessly.
hopelessness noun [U]:
a sense / feeling of hopelessness
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for hopeless is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is hopeless a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, hopeless is tagged as adjective.
Does hopeless appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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