Hopeless
adjective
Feeling or causing feelings of despair; having no hope.
He felt hopeless when he lost his job.
Often appears as...
- feel hopeless
- hopeless situation
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Disapproving
adjective
Inadequate or futile, incapable of success.
His attempts to solve the puzzle were hopeless.
Often appears as...
- hopeless case
- hopeless at
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Disapproving
adjective
Beyond help or improvement, hopeless about a person or a condition.
The condition of the old building was hopeless.
Often appears as...
- hopeless condition
- hopeless case
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Disapproving
adjective
Feeling or causing feelings of despair; having no hope.
He felt hopeless when he lost his job.
Often appears as...
- feel hopeless
- hopeless situation
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Inadequate or futile, incapable of success.
His attempts to solve the puzzle were hopeless.
Often appears as...
- hopeless case
- hopeless at
Usage tips
Disapproving
adjective
Beyond help or improvement, hopeless about a person or a condition.
The condition of the old building was hopeless.
Often appears as...
- hopeless condition
- hopeless case
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'hopeless' to express a strong, sad emotion when a situation feels uncontrollable.
After many attempts, they were still hopeless about finding a cure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Literal
'Hopeless' can be exaggerated in casual conversation, not implying true despair.
I'm hopeless at cooking; I can't even boil water!
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitive
The word can be insulting if used to describe people; use with caution.
Calling someone hopeless can be hurtful, even if said in jest.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'hopeless' to express a strong, sad emotion when a situation feels uncontrollable.
After many attempts, they were still hopeless about finding a cure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Literal
'Hopeless' can be exaggerated in casual conversation, not implying true despair.
I'm hopeless at cooking; I can't even boil water!
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitive
The word can be insulting if used to describe people; use with caution.
Calling someone hopeless can be hurtful, even if said in jest.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Weight
Use 'hopeless' to express a strong, sad emotion when a situation feels uncontrollable.
After many attempts, they were still hopeless about finding a cure.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Literal
'Hopeless' can be exaggerated in casual conversation, not implying true despair.
I'm hopeless at cooking; I can't even boil water!
Pro Tip 3/3Context Sensitive
The word can be insulting if used to describe people; use with caution.
Calling someone hopeless can be hurtful, even if said in jest.
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What happens when our...
that would be a task beyond hopeless. Instead, we would create an A.I. that uses its intelligence to learn what we value, and its motivation system is constructed in such a way that it is motivated to pursue our values or to perform actions that it predicts we would approve of.
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The voices in my head PIPE...
A hospital admission followed, the first of many, a diagnosis of schizophrenia came next, and then, worst of all, a toxic, tormenting sense of hopelessness, humiliation and despair about myself and my prospects. But having been encouraged to see the voice
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Why you should define...
because of a minor infraction, that could cost you the employee. If you're a college student who, say, is in a downward spiral, and you feel helpless and hopeless, unabated, that could cost you your life. So the stakes are very, very high.
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Why should you read...
to find meaning in devastation. The absurdists deconstructed plot, character and language to question their meaning and share their profound uncertainty on stage. While this may sound grim, the absurd blends its hopelessness with humor.
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There's more to life...
Even though life is getting objectively better by nearly every conceivable standard, more people feel hopeless, depressed and alone. There's an emptiness gnawing away at people, and you don't have to be clinically depressed to feel it.
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Computing a theory of...
Actually, I haven't shown these before, but here are a few of the candidate universes that I've looked at. Some of these are hopeless universes, completely sterile, with other kinds of pathologies like no notion of space,
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Saving Hawaii’s Birds...
wrap your head around, but they're also individuals that we know. That being said, we can't be hopeless. If we're hopeless, it's all over. The minute we give up hope, there is no hope. So this is where I get sad.
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Bryan Stevenson: We need...
And mass incarceration, in my judgment, has fundamentally changed our world. In poor communities, in communities of color, there is this despair, there is this hopelessness that is being shaped by these outcomes.
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What forgiveness can...
I'll never make it by this time most of my friends have died from violence disease or Shia hopelessness it was a tough life and I knew that my future prospect depends only on a place I was
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Baby Bison Takes on Wolf...
is no ordinary calf hopelessly outmatched to the courage of
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What happens when our...
that would be a task beyond hopeless. Instead, we would create an A.I. that uses its intelligence to learn what we value, and its motivation system is constructed in such a way that it is motivated to pursue our values or to perform actions that it predicts we would approve of.
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
A hospital admission followed, the first of many, a diagnosis of schizophrenia came next, and then, worst of all, a toxic, tormenting sense of hopelessness, humiliation and despair about myself and my prospects. But having been encouraged to see the voice
Video examples
Why you should define...
because of a minor infraction, that could cost you the employee. If you're a college student who, say, is in a downward spiral, and you feel helpless and hopeless, unabated, that could cost you your life. So the stakes are very, very high.
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Why should you read...
to find meaning in devastation. The absurdists deconstructed plot, character and language to question their meaning and share their profound uncertainty on stage. While this may sound grim, the absurd blends its hopelessness with humor.
Video examples
There's more to life...
Even though life is getting objectively better by nearly every conceivable standard, more people feel hopeless, depressed and alone. There's an emptiness gnawing away at people, and you don't have to be clinically depressed to feel it.
Video examples
Computing a theory of...
Actually, I haven't shown these before, but here are a few of the candidate universes that I've looked at. Some of these are hopeless universes, completely sterile, with other kinds of pathologies like no notion of space,
Video examples
Saving Hawaii’s Birds...
wrap your head around, but they're also individuals that we know. That being said, we can't be hopeless. If we're hopeless, it's all over. The minute we give up hope, there is no hope. So this is where I get sad.
Video examples
Bryan Stevenson: We need...
And mass incarceration, in my judgment, has fundamentally changed our world. In poor communities, in communities of color, there is this despair, there is this hopelessness that is being shaped by these outcomes.
Video examples
What forgiveness can...
I'll never make it by this time most of my friends have died from violence disease or Shia hopelessness it was a tough life and I knew that my future prospect depends only on a place I was
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Baby Bison Takes on Wolf...
is no ordinary calf hopelessly outmatched to the courage of
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Steven Van Zandt
American Musician
As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the media's power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind.
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Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.
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Ron Hall
I had become wealthy as an art dealer, but my life was never rich until I began serving in a mission and began being blessed by those that were basically hopeless. To see them have hope was the biggest blessing in my life.
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Simon Cowell
British Entertainer
If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless.
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Paula Deen
American Chef
When it's said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and it's a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people.
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Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani Activist
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.
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Ginger Zee
American Scientist
Depression, for me, has been a couple of different things - but the first time I felt it, I felt helpless, hopeless, and things I had never felt before. I lost myself and my will to live.
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Flannery O'Connor
American Author
All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
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Susan Polis Schutz
American Poet
It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness, emptiness and fear.
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Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.
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Steven Van Zandt
American Musician
As most of the population suffers through life, barely surviving, disappointed and confused day after day, hopeless, wondering what happened to their strong and beautiful country, it is in the media's power to restore, if not some of our quality of life, at least a bit of our peace of mind.
Quote examples
Gilbert K. Chesterton
English Writer
Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged.
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Ron Hall
I had become wealthy as an art dealer, but my life was never rich until I began serving in a mission and began being blessed by those that were basically hopeless. To see them have hope was the biggest blessing in my life.
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Simon Cowell
British Entertainer
If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless.
Quote examples
Paula Deen
American Chef
When it's said and done, the one thing I want to leave on this earth is hope. I have felt hopelessness, and it's a terrible feeling. Hopelessness will destroy you. I want to bring hope to other people.
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Malala Yousafzai
Pakistani Activist
The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.
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Ginger Zee
American Scientist
Depression, for me, has been a couple of different things - but the first time I felt it, I felt helpless, hopeless, and things I had never felt before. I lost myself and my will to live.
Quote examples
Flannery O'Connor
American Author
All my stories are about the action of grace on a character who is not very willing to support it, but most people think of these stories as hard, hopeless and brutal.
Quote examples
Susan Polis Schutz
American Poet
It's often difficult for those who are lucky enough to have never experienced what true depression is to imagine a life of complete hopelessness, emptiness and fear.
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Jennifer Lopez
American Musician
I'm a hopeless romantic and passionate person when it comes to love.
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