"unhopeful" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more unhopeful [comparative], most unhopeful [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English unhopful, unhopfulle, equivalent to un- + hopeful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unhopful}} Middle English unhopful, {{m|enm|unhopfulle}} unhopfulle, {{prefix|en|un|hopeful}} un- + hopeful Head templates: {{en-adj}} unhopeful (comparative more unhopeful, superlative most unhopeful)
  1. Not hopeful. Translations (not hopeful): neuhreishteilagh (Manx), neuyerkallagh (Manx)
    Sense id: en-unhopeful-en-adj-gt9N-tjW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13

Noun

Forms: unhopefuls [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English unhopful, unhopfulle, equivalent to un- + hopeful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|unhopful}} Middle English unhopful, {{m|enm|unhopfulle}} unhopfulle, {{prefix|en|un|hopeful}} un- + hopeful Head templates: {{en-noun}} unhopeful (plural unhopefuls)
  1. Somebody who is unlikely to achieve success or victory.
    Sense id: en-unhopeful-en-noun-ng90Ml01 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with un- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with un-: 40 60

Inflected forms

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