Hope"less, a. 1.
Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good;
despairing.
I am a woman, friendless,
hopeless.
Shak.
2. Giving no ground of hope; promising
nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
The hopelessword of "never to return"
Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life.
Shak.
3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.]
Marston.
-- Hope"less*ly, adv. --
Hope"less*ness, n.