Synonyms: hopeless
Definition: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
Usage: she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers; he is a hopeless romantic
Similar words: bad
Definition: having undesirable or negative qualities
Usage: a bad report card; his sloppy appearance made a bad impression; a bad little boy; clothes in bad shape; a bad cut; bad luck; the news was very bad; the reviews were bad; the pay is bad; it was a bad light for reading; the movie was a bad choice
Synonyms: hopeless
Definition: without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
Usage: in an agony of hopeless grief; with a hopeless sigh he sat down
Similar words: abject, unhopeful
Definition: showing utter resignation or hopelessness
Usage: abject surrender
Similar words: black, dim, bleak
Definition: offering little or no hope
Usage: the future looked black; prospects were bleak; Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult- J.M.Synge; took a dim view of things
Similar words: despairing, desperate
Definition: arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
Usage: a despairing view of the world situation; the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal; a desperate cry for help; helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether; her desperate screams
Similar words: despondent, heartsick
Definition: without or almost without hope
Usage: despondent about his failure; too heartsick to fight back
Similar words: forlorn
Definition: marked by or showing hopelessness
Usage: the last forlorn attempt; a forlorn cause
Similar words: futureless
Definition: having no prospect or hope of a future
Definition: unable to function; without help
Similar words: insoluble
Definition: without hope of solution
Usage: an insoluble problem
Synonyms: hopeless
Definition: certain to fail
Usage: the situation is hopeless
Similar words: impossible
Definition: not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
Usage: an impossible dream; an impossible situation
Synonyms: hopeless
Definition: of a person unable to do something skillfully
Usage: I'm hopeless at mathematics
Similar words: unskilled
Definition: not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
Usage: unskilled in the art of rhetoric; an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber; unskilled labor; workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities; unskilled workmanship