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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good;
despairing.
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I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. --Shak.
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2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable;
desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
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The hopelessword of "never to return"
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak.
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3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. --
{Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n.
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