hopeless
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(a) 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
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(s) of a person unable to do something skillfully
- I'm hopeless at mathematics
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(s) certain to fail
- the situation is hopeless
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(s) (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