hopeless

== English == === Etymology === From hope +‎ -less, compare Swedish hopplös. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhəʊplɪs/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhoʊplɪs/ Hyphenation: hope‧less Rhymes: -əʊplɪs === Adjective === hopeless (comparative more hopeless, superlative most hopeless) Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate. Without talent, not skilled. (of an adverse condition) Incurable. ==== Synonyms ==== desperate, unhopeful, forlorn ==== Antonyms ==== hopeful ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Collocations ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === “hopeless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “hopeless”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “hopeless”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.