hopeless
/ˈhoʊplɪs/ adjective B1- Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
- Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
- Without talent, not skilled. · He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
- Of an adverse condition, incurable. · She is a hopeless romantic.· He is a hopeless idler.
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She counted the days that must intervene before their invitation could be sent--hopeless of seeing him before.
“You consider it hopeless!” cried the inspector.
“I consider your case to be hopeless.
I do not consider that it is hopeless to arrive at the truth.”
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