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. — deniko

    ruТы действительно неисправим. — sharptoothed

    deDu bist wirklich ein hoffnungsloser Fall. — Tamy

  2. The situation is hopeless.

    Ситуація безнадійна. — deniko

    ruПоложение безнадёжное. — marafon

    deDie Lage ist hoffnungslos. — Manfredo

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

    Хіба ти не знаєш, що це безнадійно? — deniko

    ruТы разве не знаешь, что это бесполезно? — sharptoothed

  4. Tom is hopeless.

    Том безнадійний. — deniko

    ruТом безнадёжен. — paul_lingvo

    deTom ist ein hoffnungsloser Fall. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. It's not hopeless.

    Це не безнадійно. — deniko

    ruЭто не безнадёжно. — marafon

    deEs ist nicht hoffnungslos. — moskbnea

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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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