"hopeless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /həʊplɛs/ [UK], /hoʊpləs/ [US] Audio: en-us-hope.ogg [US], En-us-hopeless.ogg [US] Forms: hopeless [positive], more hopeless [comparative], most hopeless [superlative]
Etymology: hope + -less Head templates: {{adjective|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are hopeless you do not have hope. You do not expect anything good to happen.
    Sense id: simple-hopeless-en-adj-N-qTyEG3
  2. If a situation (way things are) is hopeless, there is little chance that something good might happen. The situation can't be made better.
    Sense id: simple-hopeless-en-adj-XYnMGxI0
  3. If you are hopeless, there is no chance you will change or learn.
    Sense id: simple-hopeless-en-adj-mWzPS0xR
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -less
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