hopelessness

1. A lack of hope.

   (countable, uncountable)The state of having no hope, being unhopeful.

   Near-synonym: pessimism

   Hoffnungslosigkeit

   безнадёжностьbeznadjóžnostʹ

   безнаді́йністьbeznadíjnistʹ

2. (countable, uncountable)Lack of potential.

   He considered the former tooling hopeless, and he reported its hopelessness to his boss right away.

1. Nothing is more nefarious than hopelessness.

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2. Mennad spoke about his depression and hopelessness.

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3. It is with hopelessness that true optimism begins.

   deMit der Hoffnungslosigkeit beginnt der wahre Optimismus.

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