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Synonyms for hopeless

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for hopeless

having lost all hope

offering no hope or expectation of improvement

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Antonyms for hopeless

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

of a person unable to do something skillfully

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certain to fail

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(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform

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Darren Brunston held up the Bank of Scotland in Peterhead in a raid described as "hopeless" by his own lawyer.
So to teachers who think their pupils are hopeless cases, I want to say never give up on them - even hopeless cases can turn around, and good teachers can make all the difference!
"These people haven't become hopeless and they will bring the real change," he expressed the hope.
Summary: Bulandshahr (Uttar Pradesh), India, Dec 29 (ANI): BJP MLA Devendra Singh Lodhi on Friday stirred a controversy in Bulandshahr violence case stating that inspector Subodh Kumar shot himself in haste after he became hopeless.
Someone who has become hopeless may no longer value things that were once important.
'Maybe they weren't informed, or feel hopeless and ashamed.'
She has previously described herself as "hopeless, hopeless, hopeless" at relationships, admitting: "I never get it right!" She was formerly married to dance partners Sammy Stopford and Corky Ballas and linked to Russian Yegor Novikov, a one-time pupil 27 years younger than her.
Nigerians should not stop hoping because the situation in the country is not hopeless; it is only when the people lose hope that their situation becomes hopeless.
Stella Tarakson, the daughter of Greek parents, was immersed in Greek mythology from an early age, and she uses her love of Greece as the basis for her Hopeless Heroes series.
And the Blues' shirt sponsors Sport Pesa have run the risk of alienating the Toffees' fanbase further, by appearing to describe Goodison Park as a "hopeless place" from their UK account.
However, Nasa's head of secretariat Norman Magaya dismissed the order as "hopeless".
In a speech before businessmen at the Philippine Stock Exchange in Makati City, Duterte called Trillanes as hopeless.
Synopsis: "I'm Hopeless, I'm Crazy: How My Mother Recovered from the Ravages of Mental Illness Through Natural Medicine and Integrated Therapies" is the candid account of author Linda Rae Anderson's mother Elaine struggled to regain her mental and emotional health which included trying to protect her four children with respect to their father who has problems of his own with emotional stability and the consequences of poor life decisions.