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as in incurable
not capable of being cured or reformed
a hopeless optimist who looked for the good in everyone and everything was a hopeless romantic who never stopped looking for a soul mate
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as in cynical
emphasizing or expecting the worst
the poor woman was feeling hopeless about ever finding her lost cat
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as in impossible
incapable of being solved or accomplished
keeping this desk organized is hopeless
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as in desperate
feeling or showing no hope
the hopeless look on the faces of the fans as the other team scored again
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as in desperation
utter loss of hope
the fans' hopelessness was dispelled as their team mounted a comeback
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Recent Examples of hopeless
Big Think, 1 Apr. 2025
Request a Demo Todd took a hopeless situation of endless online applications and transformed it into one of the best decisions of his life.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2025
Democracy in the United States faces a serious threat, but the case is not hopeless.
—Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
Like the single mother of three who was lying in bed, hopeless and on the verge of suicide.
—Rosa Flores, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
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Todd took a hopeless situation of endless online applications and transformed it into one of the best decisions of his life.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2025
Request a Demo Todd took a hopeless situation of endless online applications and transformed it into one of the best decisions of his life.
—Big Think, 1 Apr. 2025
Democracy in the United States faces a serious threat, but the case is not hopeless.
—Laura Gamboa, Foreign Affairs, 31 Mar. 2025
Like the single mother of three who was lying in bed, hopeless and on the verge of suicide.
—Rosa Flores, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hopeless
Adjective
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Garden roses can also pick up the incurable rose rosette disease from wild-growing multiflora roses—an invasive rose with five-petaled, white flowers.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Her uncle was diagnosed with an incurable cancer, though he's been able to manage it by overhauling his diet in conjunction with regular chemotherapy rounds.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Beyond that, Acheampong’s rapid rise and equally precipitous fall in the first two weeks of January lent itself to the more cynical notion that Maresca might have wanted to send a message to Chelsea about the need for defensive reinforcements in the winter market.—
Liam Twomey,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Perhaps most perplexing about Smash, though, is its weirdly cynical, ungenerous take on the Bombshell herself.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Quantum internet is designed to be resistant to these threats, making data breaches nearly impossible.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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That’s mathematically impossible, the Congressional Budget Office says, without cutting Medicaid, which provides health coverage to more than 70 million people.—
Mike Lillis,
The Hill,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Escape As terror swept through the city, thousands of desperate Alawites fled.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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The quiet city of Medford, Oregon was shaken by Maggie Friar's desperate 911 call in the early morning hours of Oct. 2, 2017.—
Natalie Morales, Richard Fetzer,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2025
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Too many business owners negotiate from a place of desperation.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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The Browns or the Giants may feel the itch of desperation and draft Sanders in the top three.—
Derrik Klassen,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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By turns giddy, anxious, and despairing, these poems have endeared him to generations of ordinary readers who find in the tempestuous and ultimately brokenhearted poet a strikingly modern and profoundly accessible figure.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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When a betrayal comes — and there are many in this tender but despairing film — the horror becomes unbearable, for Lucia and, almost, for the viewer, straight through to a horrific ending.—
Erik Piepenburg,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Though the courts have not invariably ruled against Trump, the Administration’s record so far is, to use one of the President’s favorite words, sad.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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The sad story of Alex Verdugo was one of the most puzzling dramas of the MLB offseason.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Apr. 2025
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Most importantly, families who have already been traumatized and marginalized will be nurtured by communities rather than pressed farther away from them, deeper into despair.—
Jeff Hobbs,
Time,
10 Apr. 2025
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As weeks stretch on, sadness can deepen into despair, shadowed by shame.—
Jack Kelly,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Hopeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hopeless. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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