"hopeless" in the adjective sense
1. hopeless
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
"in an agony of hopeless grief"
"with a hopeless sigh he sat down"
2. hopeless
of a person unable to do something skillfully
"I'm hopeless at mathematics"
3. hopeless
certain to fail
"the situation is hopeless"
4. hopeless
informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
"she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"
"he is a hopeless romantic"
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