hopelessness

🇺🇸 /ˈhəʊpləsnəs/ 🇬🇧 /ˈhəʊpləsnəs/
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noun
R

A feeling that there's no chance of things getting better.

After years of trying to fix their marriage, they were overwhelmed by hopelessness.

R

A situation that is very bad and seems impossible to improve.

The hopelessness of the drought left the farmers in despair.

R

Being very bad at something or completely lacking ability.

His hopelessness in mathematics was evident from his grades.

translation

n. A feeling that there's no chance of things getting better.; A situation that is very bad and seems impossible to improve.; Being very bad at something or completely lacking ability.

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Plural hopelessnesses