hopeless

adjective

1. 1

   Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.

   I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.

   And he a prince; To marry him is hopeleſſe;

   Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.

   A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.

2. 2

   Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

   My mind is a camera / Camela mon camela ambra / It brings into focus / The dreams of kings / And even the hopeless

3. 3

   Without talent, not skilled.

   He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.

   " It is a pure waste of time." "Not at all," Malone answered. "It has ventilated an evil. There were reporters in court. Surely some of them have some sense. They will note the injustice." "Not they," said Mailey. "The Press is hopeless. My God, what a responsibility these people take on themselves, and how little they guess the price that each will pay! I know."

4. 4

   figurativeOf an adverse condition, incurable.

   She is a hopeless romantic.

   He is a hopeless idler.

Forms

comparative

more hopeless

superlative

most hopeless