hopelessness

[ hohp-lis-nis ]

/ ˈhoʊp lɪs nɪs /

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the feeling or condition of having no hope; despair; desperation: Among the worst demons of addiction is hopelessness.

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Origin of hopelessness

First recorded in 1805–10; hopeless + -ness

Words nearby hopelessness

hopeful, hopefully, hopeful monster, Hopeh, hopeless, hopelessness, Hope springs eternal, Hopewell, hophead, hop hornbeam, Hopi

How to use hopelessness in a sentence

Moise’s death is the culmination of years of lawlessness, frustration, and hopelessness in Haiti.
The Murder of Haiti's President Presents a Rare Chance for the World to Actually Help the Country|Dimitry Elias Léger|July 14, 2021|Time
Feelings of hopelessness, anger, and depression, he found, were common.
Uyghurs outside China are traumatized. Now they’re starting to talk about it|Andrew McCormick|June 16, 2021|MIT Technology Review
More than a third of high school students in the United States experienced persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness in 2019, a 40 percent increase since 2009.
Taking a mental health day is legit. Just ask the kids.|Petula Dvorak|June 3, 2021|Washington Post
“We share the fury, sadness and sense of hopelessness expressed by so many,” Neufeldt and Kemnitz wrote in the letter.
Cal State San Marcos Will Reassign Professor Who Harassed Students|Kayla Jimenez|June 1, 2021|Voice of San Diego

The condition, characterized by depression, hopelessness, memory problems, difficulty maintaining relationships, and recurrent visions of the trauma-causing event is notoriously hard to treat.
A New Study Points to MDMA as a Powerful Treatment for PTSD|Jeffrey Kluger|May 11, 2021|Time
Urban economists, particularly those on the self-satisfied coasts, tend to envision utter hopelessness for the region.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead|Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When I asked why he stayed as long as he did, James said hopelessness kept him hooked.
The Secret World of Pickup Artist Julien Blanc|Brandy Zadrozny|December 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Future urbanization does not need to pose a choice between rural hopelessness and urban despair.
Welcome to the Billion-Man Slum|Joel Kotkin|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some express a feeling of hopelessness and that their intractable sadness will never abate.
'Genie, You're Free': Suicide Is Not Liberation|Russell Saunders|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the talks crashed, it created a sense of hopelessness that contributed to the environment in which the violence took place.
Everyone Says John Kerry Should Stay Out of the Middle East|Josh Rogin|July 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And so step by step the devil thrust him into desperation, and strove thereby to clinch the hopelessness of his estate.
Julian Home|Dean Frederic W. Farrar
It was one of the questions which arise out of great abysses from men who in their hopelessness still long for heaven.
Overland|John William De Forest
Barrington's anger was quickly absorbed in the realization of the utter hopelessness of his position.
The Light That Lures|Percy Brebner
And as if in answer to their thoughts, the operator straightened, with a little gesture of hopelessness.
The White Desert|Courtney Ryley Cooper
One listening could well believe the hopelessness of trying to make one of these girls marry against her will.
The Leaven in a Great City|Lillian William Betts

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