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   hopeless

   /ˈhəʊpləs/

   adjective

   • 1. feeling or causing despair: "Jess looked at him in mute hopeless appeal" Similar despairingwithout hopein despairdesperatedejecteddownhearteddespondentdemoralizeddisconsolatedowncastwretchedwoebegoneforlornnegativepessimisticdefeatistresignedirremediablebeyond hopelostbeyond remedybeyond repairbeyond recoveryirreparableirreversibleincorrigibledespaired ofpast cureincurablegravefataldeadlyimpossiblebeyond hopewith no chance of successuselessno-winfutileunworkableimpracticableforlornpointlessvainarchaic:bootlessparlousOpposite optimisticremediablecurablehopeful
   • 2. very bad or incompetent: British "I'm hopeless at names" Similar very badvery poorawfulterribledreadfulappallingfrightfulatrociousinferiorincompetentinadequateineffectiveinformal:patheticuselesslousyrottena dead lossabysmaldireduffrubbisha load of pantsunable to do something for toffeeunable to do something to save one's lifeOpposite accomplished

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   • H

     4

   • O

     1

   • P

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   • E

     1

   • L

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   • E

     1

   • S

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   • S

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