hopelessPronunciation: /ˈhəʊplɪs/Translate hopeless | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of hopeless adjective 1feeling or causing despair:Jess looked at him in mute hopeless appeal 2chiefly British very bad or incompetent:I’m hopeless at namesDerivatives hopelessness noun hopeless in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of hopeless in the US English dictionary