transcription, транскрипция: [ hoʊpləs ]
1.
If you feel hopeless , you feel very unhappy because there seems to be no possibility of a better situation or success.
He had not heard her cry before in this uncontrolled, hopeless way...
The economic crisis makes jobs almost impossible to find and even able pupils feel hopeless about job prospects.
ADJ
• hope‧less‧ly
I looked around hopelessly.
ADV : ADV after v , ADV prep
• hope‧less‧ness
She had a feeling of hopelessness about the future.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
Someone or something thing that is hopeless is certain to fail or be unsuccessful.
I don’t believe your situation is as hopeless as you think. If you love each other, you’ll work it out...
ADJ
3.
If someone is hopeless at something, they are very bad at it. ( INFORMAL )
I’d be hopeless at working for somebody else...
ADJ : oft ADJ at n
4.
You use hopeless to emphasize how bad or inadequate something or someone is.
Argentina’s economic policies were a hopeless mess.
ADJ [ emphasis ]
• hope‧less‧ly
Harry was hopelessly lost...
ADV : usu ADV adj / -ed / prep , also ADV after v