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comparative more unhopeful, superlative most unhopeful
Not hopeful. quotations examples
As a young man, his was a severe and unhopeful mind, and the tendency to despond was increased by circumstances.
1897, R.W. Church, Occasional Papers
His pessimistic and unhopeful temperament was doubtless due to inherent and hereditary bodily weakness, and to the lack of muscular cultivation in his youth, which might have modified inherent tendencies.
1904, Various, Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June"
plural unhopefuls
Somebody who is unlikely to achieve success or victory. examples