Unhoped for; despaired of.
Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
1. A hook at the end of a pole to pull down boughs for gathering the nuts. 2. A thief who steals by means of a hook; also, a bailiff who hooks or seizes malefactors. Shak.