hopeless (adj.)without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success;
with a hopeless sigh he sat down
in an agony of hopeless grief
hopeless (adj.)of a person unable to do something skillfully;
I'm hopeless at mathematics
hopeless (adj.)certain to fail;
the situation is hopeless
hopeless (adj.)(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform;
she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
he is a hopeless romantic