Definition of hopeless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

They searched for survivors but it was hopeless. She was depressed and felt totally hopeless about the future.

If you feel hopeless, you feel very unhappy because there seems to be no possibility of a better situation or success. He had not heard her cry before in this uncontrolled, hopeless way.

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Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with; impossible: a hopeless problem; a hopeless disease. b. Having no hope or chance of changing or improving: a hopeless romantic; a hopeless …

hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies acceptance or resignation.

HOPELESS definition: providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate. See examples of hopeless used in a sentence.

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