hopelessness
A lack of hopeA lack of hope.: The state of having no hope, being unhopeful.
» Nothing is more nefarious than hopelessness.
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2 sensesA lack of hope.
(countable, uncountable)The state of having no hope, being unhopeful.
Near-synonym: pessimism
Hoffnungslosigkeit
безнадёжностьbeznadjóžnostʹ
безнаді́йністьbeznadíjnistʹ
(countable, uncountable)Lack of potential.
He considered the former tooling hopeless, and he reported its hopelessness to his boss right away.
- the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
Examples
3 sentencesNothing is more nefarious than hopelessness.
Mennad spoke about his depression and hopelessness.
It is with hopelessness that true optimism begins.
deMit der Hoffnungslosigkeit beginnt der wahre Optimismus. — Esperantostern
Translations
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Forms
plural: hopelessnesses| Singular | hopelessness |
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Synonyms
8 synonymsAntonyms
6 antonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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