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• a  without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
  in an agony of hopeless grief
  with a hopeless sigh he sat down
• s  of a person unable to do something skillfully
  I'm hopeless at mathematics
• s  certain to fail
  the situation is hopeless
• s  (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
  she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
  he is a hopeless romantic

• A lot of good doctors had called it a hopeless case: in Pasadena last week, four-year-old Donnie Morton proved them wrong.
• When doctors insisted that Rocky was a hopeless cause who would die by the age of 7, Rusty fought back.
• Training of any kind is nonexistent, though recent experience elsewhere has shown that seemingly hopeless cases can benefit from professional attention.

• hopeful

News & Articles

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• Washington D.C. Dentist, Dr. Russell Phillips, Can Now Remove Gum Disease with Laser Gum Surgery and Reduce the Risk ...
  Patients with gum disease in Washington D.C. who are at risk for losing their teeth should seek laser gum surgery from Dr. Russell Phillips. Oftentimes, the laser can regenerate lost bone and save teeth that previously were deemed hopeless; however, if the patient does require tooth replacements or dental implants, it is advantageous to undergo this procedure after the laser treatment so that ...
  June 21, 2013 - PRWeb
• Afghanistan gains must not be lost
  There are today two main story lines when it comes to Afghanistan: the scheduled pullout of the U.S. troops in 2014, and what a hopeless cause the country has turned out to be.
  June 21, 2013 - Lancaster Eagle-Gazette
• Gains made in Afghanistan must not be lost
  There are today two main story lines when it comes to Afghanistan: the scheduled pullout of the U.S. troops in 2014, and what a hopeless cause the country has turned out to be.
  June 20, 2013 - Daily Journal

Quotes

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• Bart Bryant in USA Today
  I was pretty hopeless sitting there in the trailer, but I did what I thought I was supposed to do, which was put the pressure back on Tiger to make the play,Bryant said. "And he has a habit of making it when he needs to."
• Dmitry Medvedev in Washington Post (blog)
  Medvedev's failure to mention the arrests in his Independence Day salute spoke volumes, but for good measure he added that US-Russian relations "meet the true interests of the people of our countries. This in itself makes hopeless and groundless the...