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hopeless

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
hopeless/ˈhəʊpləs/

▶adjective

1 feeling or causing despair.

2 chiefly Brit. very bad or incompetent.

– derivatives
hopelessly adverb,
hopelessness noun.

'hopeless' also found in these Oxford entries:

deus ex machina - gallows humour - game - gone - no - throw - wild goose chase

Forum discussions with the word(s) "hopeless" in the title:

'when/ as/ till' they knew it was hopeless
"Curbed athlete hopeless of the palm"

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