hopeless+case

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• hopeless case — situation or instance incapable of improvement, irreparable specimen, lost case …   English contemporary dictionary

• hopeless case — /ˌhoʊpləs ˈkeɪs/ (say .hohpluhs kays) noun 1. a situation affording no hope; a desperate situation. 2. a stupid or incompetent person …  

• case — I [[t]ke͟ɪs[/t]] INSTANCES AND OTHER ABSTRACT MEANINGS ♦ cases 1) N COUNT: oft in N, N of n A particular case is a particular situation or incident, especially one that you are using as an individual example or instance of something. Surgical… …   English dictionary

• hopeless — hope|less S3 [ˈhəupləs US ˈhoup ] adj 1.) if something that you try to do is hopeless, there is no possibility of it being successful ▪ We tried to stop the flames from spreading, but we knew it was hopeless. ▪ Getting your work published often… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• hopeless — adjective 1 a hopeless situation is so bad that there is no chance of success or improvement: be in a hopeless mess/state/condition: The economy is in a hopeless mess. 2 if something that you try to do is hopeless, there is no possibility of it… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• hopeless — [[t]ho͟ʊpləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED If you feel hopeless, you feel very unhappy because there seems to be no possibility of a better situation or success. He had not heard her cry before in this uncontrolled, hopeless way... The economic crisis makes …   English dictionary

• hopeless — hope|less [ houpləs ] adjective * 1. ) if a situation is hopeless, it seems very unlikely to succeed or improve: The lawyers said it was a hopeless case. This is hopeless. I ll never learn to swim. He was indeed a sick man, but the outlook was… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• hopeless */ — UK [ˈhəʊpləs] / US [ˈhoʊpləs] adjective 1) if a situation is hopeless, it seems very unlikely to succeed or improve The lawyers said it was a hopeless case. This is hopeless. I ll never learn to swim. 2) informal not skilful at all As far as… …   English dictionary

• hopeless — hopelessly, adv. hopelessness, n. /hohp lis/, adj. 1. providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer. 2. without hope; despairing: hopeless grief. 3. impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc.: Balancing my… …   Universalium

• hopeless — adjective 1) she felt weary and hopeless Syn: despairing, desperate, wretched, forlorn, pessimistic, defeatist, resigned; dejected, downhearted, despondent, demoralized; archaic woebegone 2) a hopeless case Syn …   Thesaurus of popular words

• hopeless — adjective 1) a hopeless case Syn: forlorn, beyond hope, lost, irreparable, irreversible, incurable, impossible, futile 2) hopeless at maths Syn: bad, poor, awful …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary