Collocations for "hopeless"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "hopeless" in context.
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hopeless
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- [everything, the situation] seems hopeless
- a hopeless waste of [time, money, energy]
- a hopeless [cause, student, person, individual]
- in a hopeless [struggle, fight, attempt] to
- is a hopeless situation
- it is hopeless to [try, think, wish]
- [given, assigned] a hopeless [task, mission, search]
- this is a hopeless task
- made a hopeless [plea, appeal]
- it isn't (all) hopeless yet
- am feeling hopeless
- feel [so, completely, utterly] hopeless
- have become so hopeless
- hopeless and [depressed, desperate]
- is hopeless [against, without, in the face of]
- is (just) a hopeless romantic
- is hopeless when it comes to [cooking, computers]
'hopeless' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):