English word hopeless comes from English -less (Lacking (something); without (something).), English hope
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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-less | English (eng) | Lacking (something); without (something). |
hope | English (eng) | (Christianity) The virtuous desire for future good.. (countable) A person or thing that is a source of hope.. (countable) The actual thing wished for.. (uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen. (Scotland) A small bay; an inlet; a haven.. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. (intransitive) To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation [...] |
hopeless | English (eng) | (of an adverse condition) Incurable.. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.. Without talent, not skilled. |