hopelessly
adverb
hope·less·ly
ˈhō-pləs-lē 
: in a hopeless manner
—used especially as an intensifier
the formerly despised and hopelessly middle-class game of golf—
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No one is allowed to cross, leaving the medical attention Julia needs awaiting her within sight just across the border – yet hopelessly out of reach.
—Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
But with little more than instructions crowdsourced online and parts ordered from China, the resistance forces have added ballast to what might seem a hopelessly asymmetrical civil war.
—Paul Mozur Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 4 May 2024
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Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 11 May 2024
But with little more than instructions crowdsourced online and parts ordered from China, the resistance forces have added ballast to what might seem a hopelessly asymmetrical civil war.
—Paul Mozur Adam Ferguson, New York Times, 4 May 2024
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“Hopelessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hopelessly. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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