1. (

• hopeless

) 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" ;

2. (

• hopeless ,

) of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics" ;

3. (

• hopeless ,

) certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless" ;

4. (

• hopeless ,

) (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" ;