hopeless.
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English hopeless From hope + -less. Compare Swedish hopplös.
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