What is the meaning of hopeless?

adjective

  • Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success.
    • usage: "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"
  • Of a person unable to do something skillfully.
    • usage: "I'm hopeless at mathematics"
  • Certain to fail.
    • usage: "the situation is hopeless"
  • Informal to emphasize how bad it is. ( beyond hope of management or reform)
    • usage: "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"
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