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hopelessness Definition


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hopeless
adj
    1. Without hope.
      Thesaurus: impossible, futile, vain, lost, incurable, irrevocable, to no avail, disastrous, tragic; Antonym: favourable, heartening, cheering.
    2. Having no reason or cause to expect a good outcome or success.
      Thesaurus: despairing, demoralized, abject, despondent, down in the mouth; pessimistic, cynical.
    3. colloq
      Having no ability; incompetent.
      Example: He is hopeless at maths
    4. Said of a disease, etc: incurable.
    5. Said of a problem: unresolvable.
Derivative: hopelessly
adverb
    Derivative: hopelessness
    noun


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