hopeless

sans espoir, désespéré

Qui n’a aucune chance réelle de réussir ou de s’améliorer.

En anglais simple : Having no real chance of success or improvement.

• The situation seemed hopeless.
• Repairing the ruined boat was a hopeless task.
• They kept fighting even when their cause looked hopeless.

Synonymes : impossible, futile

Contraires : promising

Expressions courantes : hopeless situation, hopeless task, hopeless cause

désespéré

Qui pense que rien de bon n’arrivera et qu’il ne sert plus à rien de faire des efforts.

En anglais simple : Feeling that nothing good will happen and there is no reason to keep trying.

• I felt hopeless.
• She grew hopeless after months without work.
• Do you feel hopeless about your future?

Synonymes : despairing, despondent

Contraires : hopeful

Expressions courantes : feel hopeless, utterly hopeless

nul, incapable

Très mauvais dans une activité ou un travail.

En anglais simple : Very bad at an activity or job.

• I am hopeless at cooking.
• He was a hopeless driver when he first started.
• Are you as hopeless with numbers as I am?

Comment l'utiliser : hopeless at something (I am hopeless at tennis.); hopeless at doing something (She is hopeless at remembering names.); hopeless with something (He is hopeless with computers.)

Synonymes : unskilled, incompetent, inept

Contraires : skilled, competent

Expressions courantes : hopeless at something, hopeless cook, hopeless with something

incorrigible

Qui ne peut ou ne veut pas changer de comportement malgré des conseils ou des erreurs répétés.

En anglais simple : Unable or unwilling to change your behavior, even after repeated advice or mistakes.

• You are hopeless!
• He forgot her birthday again; he really is hopeless.
• I have explained it ten times, but you are hopeless.

Synonymes : incorrigible

Expressions courantes : you are hopeless, hopeless with someone

incurable, invétéré

Atteint d’un trouble impossible à guérir ou marqué par une tendance profondément ancrée qu’on ne peut changer.

En anglais simple : Having a condition or strong tendency that cannot be cured or changed.

• She is a hopeless romantic.
• The doctor described him as a hopeless addict.
• Even after repeated disappointments, he remained a hopeless dreamer.

Synonymes : incurable

Contraires : curable

Expressions courantes : hopeless romantic, hopeless addict, hopeless dreamer