Definitions
Without hope, futile, or very bad.
Word origin
From hope + -less. Compare Swedish hopplös.
Used in a sentence
“I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.”
“And he a prince; To marry him is hopeleſſe;”
“A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.”
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01“Despairing”8 letters
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