Definition of "hopeless" in English

adjective

1. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.

2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

   • a hopeless cause

3. Without talent, not skilled.

   • He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.

4. (of an adverse condition) Incurable.

   • She is a hopeless romantic.
   • He is a hopeless idler.