Meaning

4 senses
  1. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.

    hoffnungslos

    безнадёжныйbeznadjóžnyj

    безнаді́йнийbeznadíjnyj

    without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

  2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

  3. Without talent, not skilled.

    He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.

  4. (figuratively)Of an adverse condition, incurable.

    She is a hopeless romantic.

    He is a hopeless idler.

Examples

150 sentences
  1. You really are hopeless.

    Ти насправді безнадійний.

    ruТы действительно неисправим.

    deDu bist wirklich ein hoffnungsloser Fall.

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  2. The situation is hopeless.

    Ситуація безнадійна.

    ruПоложение безнадёжное.

    deDie Lage ist hoffnungslos.

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  3. Don't you know it's hopeless?

    Хіба ти не знаєш, що це безнадійно?

    ruТы разве не знаешь, что это бесполезно?

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  4. Tom is hopeless.

    Том безнадійний.

    ruТом безнадёжен.

    deTom ist ein hoffnungsloser Fall.

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  5. It's not hopeless.

    Це не безнадійно.

    ruЭто не безнадёжно.

    deEs ist nicht hoffnungslos.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing:
Русский
By meaning 1
destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing:

Forms

more hopeless, most hopeless
Comparativemore hopeless Lesson
Superlativemost hopeless Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hopeless — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto