Definition of hopeless

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  • hopeless is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 13
  • hopeless is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 13
  • hopeless is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14

Definition of hopeless

  • certain to fail (adjective)

    Examples

    1. the situation is hopeless
  • (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform (adjective)

    Examples

    1. she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
    2. he is a hopeless romantic
  • of a person unable to do something skillfully (adjective)

    Examples

    1. I'm hopeless at mathematics
  • without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success (adjective)

    Examples

    1. in an agony of hopeless grief
    2. with a hopeless sigh he sat down

See definition of hopeless in Merriam Webster