Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
hopeless
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hopeless.
Editorial note
Yes, trying to give any sort of nuanced answer to a reporter is almost hopeless.
Quick take
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of hopeless gathered in one view.
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
Without talent, not skilled.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for hopeless.
adjective
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
See also: forlorn, grim, despondent, bleak, abject
adjective
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
See also: forlorn, grim, despondent, bleak, abject
adjective
Without talent, not skilled.
See also: forlorn, grim, despondent, bleak, abject
adjective
(of an adverse condition) Incurable.
See also: forlorn, grim, despondent, bleak, abject
Example sentences
Yes, trying to give any sort of nuanced answer to a reporter is almost hopeless.
If you are sad, you start thinking hopeless thoughts about what you do, about who you interact with.
The whole issue in the united states is hopeless until the current supreme court and older voters die off.
Most of the time that's fine, but if the GPS has something wrong or fails they're hopeless.
Being hopeless and depressed about the issue doesn't solve anything, and if you're over 40 you have plenty of advantages.
Imagine them telling you that you’re hopeless and you’ll never really get it so you might as well give up now.
Australia is more conservative that either New Zealand or Britain, and the previous Labour government (and current opposition) are categorically hopeless.
Otherwise my experience is that asking for a general purpose solver is, for now, hopeless.
Not all is hopeless, though: - I think neuroscience / deep learning models complement each other well.
Bring on the flashbacks of all those hopeless docking attempts in Elite.
With a depression everything looks gray and tastless, useless and hopeless.
Amazon is pretty hopeless at recommending books to me, even though I've seeded it with knowledge of the books I've bought.
Quote examples
When I first heard about this all I could think was "Wow, Mozilla must be having some really serious money concerns right now" I've been a huge Mozilla fan for a long time(I'm typing this on my Firefox OS phone) but this is all starting to feel really hopeless.
"I could stick it out another 7 months to claim the bonus but hate to stay at a place where I feel like things are hopeless and I'm making no contributions" I'm a non-programmer in SV so I'm potentially jealous/out of the loop, but I will say something no one else here is: Quit being a baby.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use hopeless in a sentence?
Yes, trying to give any sort of nuanced answer to a reporter is almost hopeless.
What does hopeless mean?
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
What part of speech is hopeless?
hopeless is commonly used as adjective.