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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

I am a woman, friendless,

hopeless

Shakespeare

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

as, a

hopeless

cause

The

hopeless

word of “never to return”
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life.

Shakespeare

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Hope′less-ly

adv.

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Hope′less-ness

Noun.

Adj.

Destitute of hope; having no expectation of that which is desirable; despairing.

I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.

Giving no ground of hope or expectation of good; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as a hopeless condition.