"hopeless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhəʊplɪs/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈhoʊplɪs/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-hopeless.ogg [US] Forms: more hopeless [comparative], most hopeless [superlative]
Rhymes: -əʊplɪs Etymology: hope + -less, compare Swedish hopplös. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|hope|less}} hope + -less, {{cog|sv|hopplös}} Swedish hopplös Head templates: {{en-adj}} hopeless (comparative more hopeless, superlative most hopeless)
  1. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing): hopeloos (Afrikaans), ἀνέλπιστος (anélpistos) (Ancient Greek), անհույս (anhuys) (Armenian), безнадежден (beznadežden) (Bulgarian), desesperat (Catalan), نا ئومێد (na umêd) (Central Kurdish), 沒有希望的 (Chinese Mandarin), 没有希望的 (méiyǒu xīwàng de) (Chinese Mandarin), 絕望的 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝望的 (juéwàng de) (Chinese Mandarin), beznadějný (Czech), håbløs (Danish), hopeloos (Dutch), uitzichtloos (Dutch), kansloos (Dutch), senespera (Esperanto), vónleysur (Faroese), hopleysur (Faroese), toivoton (Finnish), désespéré (French), desesperado (Galician), უიმედო (uimedo) (Georgian), hoffnungslos (German), ανέλπιδος (anélpidos) (Greek), reménytelen (Hungarian), éadóchasach (Irish), disperato (Italian), 絶望した (zetsubō shita) (alt: ぜつぼうした) (Japanese), 絶望的な (zetsubōteki na) (alt: ぜつぼうてきな) (Japanese), desperatus (Latin), bezcerīgs (Latvian), beviltiškas (Lithuanian), безнадежен (beznadežen) (Macedonian), putus asa (Malay), bêhêvî (Northern Kurdish), håpløs (Norwegian Bokmål), håplaus (Norwegian Bokmål), vonløs (Norwegian Bokmål), vonlaus (Norwegian Bokmål), vonlaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), håplaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), ناامید (nâ-omid) (Persian), hopnungslooss (Plautdietsch), beznadziejny (Polish), desesperado (Portuguese), desesperançado (Portuguese), deznădăjduit (Romanian), disperat (Romanian), безнадёжный (beznadjóžnyj) (Russian), desesperado (Spanish), hopplös (Swedish), umutsuz (Turkish), ümitsiz (Turkish), nevmit (Turkish), безнаді́йний (beznadíjnyj) (Ukrainian), anobeithiol (Welsh), diobaith (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-hopeless-en-adj-EHgwHHzL Disambiguation of Emotions: 32 27 15 25 Disambiguation of 'destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing': 60 32 5 4
  2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-hopeless-en-adj-Wg7jjhBi Disambiguation of Emotions: 32 27 15 25
  3. Without talent, not skilled. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-hopeless-en-adj-h-qlWq6k Disambiguation of Emotions: 32 27 15 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 23 36 13 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 17 13 63 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 27 18 44 11
  4. (of an adverse condition) Incurable. Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-hopeless-en-adj-xLXIitsZ Disambiguation of Emotions: 32 27 15 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: desperate, unhopeful
Derived forms: hopelessly, hopeless romantic, hopeless case, hopeless situation, hopeless love, hopeless cause, hopeless person, hopeless despair, hopeless life, hopeless undertaking, hopeless alcoholic, hopeless man, hopeless endeavor, hopeless place, hopeless pain, hopeless agony, hopeless project

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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
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          "word": "ἀνέλπιστος"
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          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "reménytelen"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "éadóchasach"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "disperato"
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          "alt": "ぜつぼうした",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "絶望した"
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          "alt": "ぜつぼうてきな",
          "code": "ja",
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "絶望的な"
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          "roman": "na umêd",
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          "word": "نا ئومێد"
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          "word": "bêhêvî"
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          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "bezcerīgs"
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          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "beviltiškas"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "beznadežen",
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          "word": "безнадежен"
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          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "putus asa"
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "håpløs"
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          "code": "no",
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "håplaus"
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          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "vonløs"
        },
        {
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "vonlaus"
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        {
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "vonlaus"
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        {
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          "code": "nn",
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "håplaus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "nâ-omid",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "ناامید"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
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          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "beznadziejny"
        },
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          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "desesperado"
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          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "pt",
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        {
          "_dis1": "60 32 5 4",
          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
          "word": "deznădăjduit"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
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          "word": "umutsuz"
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          "word": "nevmit"
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          "word": "безнаді́йний"
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        "Incurable."
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        "of an adverse condition"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊplɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊplɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊplɪs"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/En-us-hopeless.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "desperate"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "unhopeful"
    }
  ],
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}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hopeful"
    }
  ],
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    "English 2-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms suffixed with -less",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊplɪs",
    "Rhymes:English/əʊplɪs/2 syllables",
    "en:Emotions"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "hopelessly"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless romantic"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless case"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless situation"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless love"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless cause"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless person"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless despair"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless life"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless undertaking"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless alcoholic"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless man"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless endeavor"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless place"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless pain"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless agony"
    },
    {
      "word": "hopeless project"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "hope",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "hope + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "hopplös"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish hopplös",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "hope + -less, compare Swedish hopplös.",
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    {
      "form": "more hopeless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most hopeless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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      "args": {},
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    }
  ],
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    "hope‧less"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, James Workman, The Mad Emperor, Melbourne, Sydney: Scripts, page 41",
          "text": "A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hope",
          "hope"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "a hopeless cause",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "desperate",
          "desperate"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Without talent, not skilled."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "talent",
          "talent"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "She is a hopeless romantic.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "He is a hopeless idler.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Incurable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Incurable",
          "incurable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of an adverse condition) Incurable."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of an adverse condition"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhəʊplɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈhoʊplɪs/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-əʊplɪs"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-hopeless.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9c/En-us-hopeless.ogg/En-us-hopeless.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/En-us-hopeless.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "desperate"
    },
    {
      "word": "unhopeful"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "hopeloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "anhuys",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "անհույս"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "beznadežden",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "безнадежден"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "desesperat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "沒有希望的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "méiyǒu xīwàng de",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "没有希望的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "絕望的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juéwàng de",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "绝望的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "beznadějný"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "håbløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "hopeloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "uitzichtloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "kansloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "senespera"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "vónleysur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "hopleysur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "toivoton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "désespéré"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "desesperado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uimedo",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "უიმედო"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "hoffnungslos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anélpidos",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "ανέλπιδος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "anélpistos",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "ἀνέλπιστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "reménytelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "éadóchasach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "disperato"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜつぼうした",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zetsubō shita",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "絶望した"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぜつぼうてきな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "zetsubōteki na",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "絶望的な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "na umêd",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "نا ئومێد"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "bêhêvî"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "desperatus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "bezcerīgs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "beviltiškas"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "beznadežen",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "безнадежен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "putus asa"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "håpløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "håplaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "vonløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "vonlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "vonlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "håplaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "nâ-omid",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "ناامید"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "hopnungslooss"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "beznadziejny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "desesperado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "desesperançado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "deznădăjduit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "disperat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "beznadjóžnyj",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "безнадёжный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "desesperado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "hopplös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "umutsuz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "ümitsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "nevmit"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "beznadíjnyj",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "безнаді́йний"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "anobeithiol"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing",
      "word": "diobaith"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hopeless"
}

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