Hopeless definition

(1) (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"

(2) Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

"In an agony of hopeless grief"

"With a hopeless sigh he sat down"

(3) Certain to fail

"The situation is hopeless"

(4) Of a person unable to do something skillfully

"I'm hopeless at mathematics"