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What is another word for
hopeless
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Feeling or causing despair
Feeling deeply pessimistic about the future
Not capable of being redeemed
Very bad or incompetent
Incapable of being realized, achieved or solved
Without hope of having a positive result
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
Very poor or bad in standard or quality
Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully
Having lost confidence or hope
Destined to a doomed fate
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome
Not able to be changed
Resulting or acting from a pathological compulsion or desire
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Adjective
▲
Feeling or causing despair
despairing
desperate
despondent
forlorn
dejected
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
disconsolate
downhearted
wretched
anguished
distressed
helpless
melancholic
miserable
morose
oppressed
sad
woebegone
abject
depressed
desolate
disheartened
dismal
dolorous
downbeat
downcast
gloomy
heartbroken
pained
tragic
upset
bleak
blue
brokenhearted
discouraging
doomed
negative
resigned
weary
sunk
unfortunate
unmitigable
inconsolable
melancholy
broken-hearted
in despair
without hope
grief-stricken
in pain
long-suffering
up the creek
pessimistic
defeatist
discouraged
devastated
bearish
suicidal
sorrowing
at the end of your tether
sorrowful
distraught
fraught
overcome
sullen
defeated
unhopeful
unoptimistic
doubtful
at wits' end
heartbreaking
funereal
drear
teary
heartrending
somber
US
sorry
mournful
tearful
sombre
UK
dreary
saddening
comfortless
cheerless
grim
cynical
anxious
down in the dumps
in the pits
shot down
in the dumps
weighed down
at end of one's rope
nowhere to go
glum
unhappy
dispirited
low
down in the mouth
down
crestfallen
joyless
woeful
moody
low-spirited
depressive
saturnine
morbid
lugubrious
godforsaken
sepulchral
doleful
dour
saddened
fed up
bad
droopy
heartsick
heartsore
mirthless
hangdog
flat
chapfallen
heavyhearted
moping
surly
dragged
broody
crabbed
ugly
sulky
mopish
in low spirits
cheesed off
blue funk
heavy-hearted
brassed off
cast down
disappointed
subdued
adust
feeling down
full of gloom
chap-fallen
in the doldrums
long-faced
Eeyorish
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
depressing
dark
solemn
dire
enervated
cold
gray
US
tenebrous
sapped
drained
murky
black
darkening
spiritless
plutonian
grey
UK
chill
devitalized
empty
singing the blues
sick as a parrot
down and out
sorry for yourself
lonesome
lonely
elegiac
dreich
elegiacal
sunless
cloudy
Cimmerian
tenebrific
more ❯
“He recalled the intense despair, the tears, and that
hopeless
cry for forgiveness.”
Adjective
▲
Feeling deeply pessimistic about the future
pessimistic
defeatist
bearish
gloomy
bleak
depressing
dark
black
dismal
glum
cheerless
lugubrious
disheartening
morbid
discouraging
despairing
sombre
UK
miserable
despondent
morose
downbeat
somber
US
dreary
sullen
negative
solemn
cynical
melancholy
depressed
drear
depressive
fatalistic
grim
desolate
foreboding
funereal
gloom-ridden
saturnine
joyless
cold
disconsolate
forlorn
elegiac
sepulchral
comfortless
elegiacal
godforsaken
gray
US
drab
dreich
unhappy
grey
UK
dire
alarmist
dejected
unpromising
dispiriting
murky
demoralized
US
wretched
tenebrous
tenebrific
plutonian
chill
darkening
troubled
sunless
suspicious
distrustful
doubting
sad
demoralised
UK
unfavourable
UK
Cimmerian
unfavorable
US
uninviting
grave
doleful
lonesome
lonely
mournful
dim
worrying
oppressive
inauspicious
unpropitious
harsh
bitter
austere
unfortunate
horrid
chilly
unenthusiastic
Eeyorish
ominous
discouraged
disadvantageous
resigned
portentous
doubtful
unhopeful
cloudy
given to looking on the black side
desperate
dispirited
suicidal
doomy
looking on the dark side
looking on the black side
downhearted
doom-laden
adverse
doomed
full of despair
jinxed
misanthropic
worried
cursed
infelicitous
unoptimistic
unencouraging
dubious
creepy
baleful
ill-fated
ill-omened
off-putting
more ❯
“They weren't wasting time being cynical, or feeling
hopeless
about the future.”
Adjective
▲
Not capable of being redeemed
irremediable
incurable
incorrigible
irredeemable
irreparable
irreversible
lost
irrecoverable
irreformable
irretrievable
unrecoverable
unredeemable
unwavering
helpless
irrevocable
remediless
unchangeable
uncorrectable
uncurable
unfixable
unshakeable
cureless
fatal
fruitless
gone
grave
permanent
serious
terminal
beyond recovery
beyond remedy
beyond repair
despaired of
past cure
past remedy
beyond hope
beyond recall
ill-fated
past hope
unsalvageable
impossible
irreclaimable
written off
inveterate
unrestorable
lasting
severe
lost and gone
unrectifiable
unrepairable
final
unreclaimable
unalterable
unregainable
unsavable
past mending
beyond cure
out of time
nowhere to go
beyond redemption
absolute
complete
unrescuable
deadly
unmitigable
mortal
gone for ever
gone forever
given up
bad
sad
worsening
fallen
beyond redress
unassistable
cursed
wretched
no-win
up the creek
accursed
doomed
unsupportable
irreplaceable
irremedial
broken
ruined
destroyed
condemned
excommunicated
vulnerable
past praying for
aimless
afflicted
blighted
alone
unhelpable
unaidable
can't be helped
more ❯
“I wanted to approach this book through the eyes of a
hopeless
optimist who sees the silver lining in every dark cloud.”
Adjective
▲
Very bad or incompetent
incompetent
useless
pathetic
appalling
atrocious
awful
dreadful
frightful
inadequate
inferior
lousy
terrible
abysmal
dire
duff
ineffective
ineffectual
rotten
bad
incapable
inept
pants
poor
rubbish
inproficient
unproficient
weak
very bad
very poor
no good
a dead loss
a load of pants
unable to do something for toffee
unable to do something to save one's life
futile
fruitless
unprofitable
pointless
vain
unproductive
worthless
profitless
unavailing
inefficacious
abortive
unsuccessful
idle
empty
bootless
valueless
in vain
purposeless
meaningless
otiose
hollow
failed
barren
impotent
inutile
counterproductive
doomed
of no use
to no avail
wasted
feckless
senseless
impractical
to no purpose
lost
to no effect
aimless
nugatory
thwarted
insignificant
inefficient
trifling
unusable
forlorn
inoperative
expendable
unpurposed
unfruitful
powerless
irrelevant
needless
foiled
sterile
trivial
impracticable
dysfunctional
purportless
footling
unimportant
good-for-nothing
frustrated
unhelpful
frivolous
losing
self-defeating
without rhyme or reason
feeble
inexpedient
unworkable
stymied
hamstrung
lame
nonfunctional
hindered
stonewalled
obstructed
unfunctional
unfructuous
stupid
disadvantageous
scrap
unable
inconsequential
paltry
non-successful
unreasonable
void
mindless
delusive
fouled up
on a treadmill
bungled
bungling
maladaptive
unsuitable
inane
unrewarding
unserviceable
nonsensical
absurd
groundless
stillborn
nonpractical
dysregulated
uneconomic
unbeneficial
broken
junky
unuseful
inoperable
unremunerative
self-sabotaging
insubstantial
dry
insane
fatuous
gainless
baseless
self-destructive
helpless
impossible
petty
unlucrative
casual
not useful
baulked
UK
rambling
unfounded
wasteful
misfired
redundant
nongermane
superfluous
unnecessary
Sisyphean
unsatisfactory
unsubstantial
unreal
insufficient
resultless
exhausted
unneeded
no dice
ill-fated
bleak
lacking foundation
no good to gundy
time-wasting
cramped
defeated
waste
unachievable
no-win
in vicious circle
puny
misleading
slight
unnotable
not a prayer
going nowhere
without success
delusory
balked
US
of no avail
without grounds
not serious
without foundation
not pertinent
unavailable
blocked
beyond remedy
desperate
despaired of
despairing
unlikely
unmeaning
unsound
unrealistic
pious
unduly optimistic
null
limited
anticlimactic
unfit
indecisive
forceless
withered
defeasible
innocuous
neutralized
US
neutralised
UK
no-go
not effective
more ❯
“He's managing to pay the rent on his one-room apartment, even if he is a
hopeless
slob.”
Adjective
▲
Incapable of being realized, achieved or solved
impossible
unattainable
implausible
inconceivable
unfeasible
unobtainable
unrealizable
unviable
futile
insoluble
insolvable
insuperable
outlandish
unachievable
undoable
unreasonable
unsolvable
unworkable
inaccessible
unreachable
unwinnable
far-fetched
non-viable
impracticable
unimaginable
unthinkable
out of the question
preposterous
absurd
insurmountable
ridiculous
infeasible
impervious
impassable
inexecutable
beyond one
not on
impractical
outrageous
irrealizable
ludicrous
hardly possible
no-way
no-go
too much
way out
hundred-to-one
not worth considering
contrary to reason
not a prayer
beyond the bounds of possibility
irresoluble
visionary
improbable
unsuitable
useless
incomprehensible
irresolvable
unacceptable
not feasible
no-win
highly unlikely
beyond the realm of reason
not remotely possible
vain
forlorn
incredible
illogical
risible
crazy
farcical
irrational
paradoxical
wild
laughable
unbelievable
beyond you
not to be thought of
like herding cats
not possible
hare-brained
uncompleteable
unaccomplishable
unmanageable
unexecuteable
unfulfillable
not doable
inextricable
unfathomable
difficult
inexplicable
impenetrable
unknowable
inscrutable
unusable
unrealistic
unpractical
nonpractical
inconvenient
unserviceable
unavailable
inoperable
inapplicable
nonviable
nonfunctional
ungettable
unwise
silly
unreal
crackpot
not at hand
ill-considered
ill-thought-out
half-baked
eccentric
incompletable
unfinishable
inapproachable
un-get-at-able
out-of-reach
untouchable
hard to find
out of stock
unapproachable
elusive
otherworldly
chimerical
inefficacious
abstract
speculative
theoretical
beyond reach
unbusinesslike
foolish
impossible to carry out
ivory-tower
won't fly
cock-eyed
not sensible
more ❯
“I had always dreamed of an acting career, yet I always felt that it was a
hopeless
goal.”
Adjective
▲
Without hope of having a positive result
impossible
forlorn
futile
useless
impracticable
pointless
vain
unworkable
bootless
parlous
unpromising
beyond hope
no-win
not having a prayer
with no chance of success
failed
unsuccessful
unavailing
nugatory
unachievable
unattainable
purposeless
luckless
“I don't believe your situation is as
hopeless
as you think.”
Adjective
▲
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
dreadful
unfortunate
tragic
distressing
dire
woeful
lamentable
grievous
miserable
grim
appalling
deplorable
regrettable
heartbreaking
sad
wretched
dismal
harrowing
upsetting
distressful
painful
disturbing
heartrending
unlucky
agonizing
US
traumatic
difficult
worrying
bitter
troublesome
depressing
gloomy
disquieting
shocking
pitiful
bleak
cheerless
poor
sombre
UK
troubling
disheartening
somber
US
tragical
tormenting
unsettling
unhappy
doleful
dreary
disappointing
perturbing
discomforting
sorry
excruciating
hurtful
stressful
alarming
morose
nasty
discouraging
poignant
worrisome
afflicting
joyless
saddening
desolate
frightening
sorrowful
oppressive
comfortless
glum
unnerving
pitiable
vexatious
melancholy
drab
crushing
discomposing
dispiriting
rueful
afflictive
depressive
troublous
agitating
melancholic
funereal
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disconsolate
nagging
dejecting
dispirited
dolesome
dolorous
mirthless
agonising
UK
cold
confronting
lachrymose
heart-rending
gut-wrenching
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
heart-wrenching
awful
terrible
bad
pathetic
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
dark
unpleasant
forlorn
solemn
calamitous
horrible
rotten
lousy
disastrous
drear
mournful
grave
inauspicious
unpropitious
ominous
direful
foreboding
sullen
black
frightful
disagreeable
abject
horrendous
atrocious
abysmal
morbid
jinxed
parlous
cursed
hapless
adverse
chronic
ghastly
inferior
unwelcome
execrable
daunting
luckless
ill-fated
desperate
horrific
ill-starred
egregious
displeasing
austere
uninviting
doomed
disconcerting
forbidding
afflicted
troubled
horrid
disgraceful
crummy
out of luck
ill-omened
blue
piteous
contemptible
godawful
severe
diabolical
rubbish
woebegone
sepulchral
harsh
off-putting
uncomfortable
destitute
objectionable
perilous
hard
mean
horrifying
tough
critical
depressed
serious
star-crossed
gray
US
distressed
godforsaken
shoddy
god-awful
grey
UK
sinister
catastrophic
macabre
irksome
shameful
pessimistic
lugubrious
disadvantageous
inopportune
inadequate
derisory
laughable
unpromising
snakebitten
forsaken
unprosperous
abominable
saturnine
intolerable
lonesome
snakebit
hostile
elegiacal
plutonian
awkward
infelicitous
mediocre
loathsome
Cimmerian
in a bad way
hard luck
unsatisfactory
worthless
shabby
odious
dejected
bodeful
negative
down
inept
dangerous
nightmarish
dour
inhospitable
exacting
exigent
precarious
sucky
discommodious
chilling
lame
dirty
murky
sorrowing
cataclysmic
tenebrous
tenebrific
lonely
second-rate
dreich
third-rate
very bad
chill
ruinous
cruel
elegiac
disenchanting
stricken
sunless
torturous
feeble
pits
doubtful
dismaying
outrageous
down in the dumps
ill-boding
sober
ugly
pants
hairy
frustrating
irretrievable
scurvy
mortifying
humourless
UK
humorless
US
distasteful
derisible
squalid
vexing
a load of pants
downcast
abhorrent
galling
unpalatable
unamusing
aggravating
uncongenial
unpleasing
hurting
heartbroken
despondent
hellish
unkind
dingy
grieving
inconsolable
crestfallen
mourning
anguished
downhearted
untimely
devastated
despairing
foul
indigent
scungy
impoverished
detestable
low
outcast
stark
darkening
baleful
tearful
broken-hearted
grief-stricken
teary
sinistrous
baneful
broken
ridiculous
cloudy
ruined
portentous
absurd
ludicrous
pained
shattered
unsuccessful
sickening
silly
straitened
unfriendly
hard-pressed
lurid
shadowy
down in the mouth
tortured
harmful
undesirable
long-faced
full of hardship
foolish-looking
strained
low-spirited
treacherous
injurious
sad sack
pressing
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
burdened
sordid
sedate
duff
bungling
ignominious
heavy
ropy
poxy
bum
punk
moving
hazardous
risky
acute
inexcusable
dicey
meagre
UK
trying
taxing
meager
US
cheap
plangent
pensive
paltry
despicable
unstable
dodgy
tear-jerking
downbeat
terrifying
scary
fearsome
grubby
affecting
testing
blighted
cruddy
fearful
gruesome
useless
trashy
filthy
intimidating
hideous
beastly
God-awful
formidable
irredeemable
ill-timed
irritable
bewildering
ratty
degrading
unspeakable
misfortunate
redoubtable
scummy
scabby
looking on the black side
acheronian
acherontic
dread
poverty-stricken
mephitical
repellant
repellent
annoying
perplexing
revulsive
irritating
repugnant
sneaking
too bad
untoward
damaging
unbecoming
ill-chosen
unsuitable
inappropriate
sulky
base
vile
terrific
moping
well below par
threatening
extreme
plaintive
fierce
in low spirits
in the dumps
hexed
voodooed
loser
oppressing
spine-chilling
behind the eightball
down on luck
poor fish
jonah
hair-raising
heinous
dreamy
regretful
disadvantaged
grotty
wistful
saddened
spiritless
brokenhearted
droopy
heavyhearted
heartsick
hangdog
heartsore
choked
gutted
dubious
unhopeful
helpless
bummed
sour
powerless
cut up
in the pits
cast down
down-and-out
chap-fallen
downtrodden
devastating
destructive
cataclysmal
fatal
grisly
monstrous
brutal
damning
savage
fateful
fraught
hellacious
revolting
detrimental
deadly
shattering
crippling
devastative
mortal
annihilatory
catastrophal
vicious
oppressed
offensive
gross
unbearable
disgusting
unacceptable
lethal
pitiless
ruthless
merciless
concerning
earth-shattering
menacing
ill-advised
unsightly
onerous
overwhelming
repulsive
reprehensible
nauseating
pernicious
stinking
deathly
nauseous
peracute
ravaging
blameworthy
deleterious
wounding
sore
violent
annihilative
dystopian
unsuited
inapt
life-threatening
ill-suited
gory
substandard
stony
bothersome
iniquitous
grotesque
discommoding
unadvantageous
nefarious
startling
scandalous
monumental
glaring
rough
flagrant
haunting
rugged
inimical
flagitious
tearing
sharp
convulsionary
hateful
unsavory
US
abortive
burdensome
wrong
drastic
icky
obnoxious
unendurable
unforgiving
significant
harassing
uncool
yukky
grody
unappealing
yucky
stiff
unsavoury
UK
unlovely
inhuman
sobering
gnawing
weighty
terribly bad
searing
anti-utopian
noxious
murderous
hardhanded
backbreaking
profound
consequential
hefty
maleficent
eradicative
inconvenient
minatory
doomy
extremely bad
rough going
blighting
desolating
annihilating
unseasonable
stunning
staggering
ill
death-dealing
unbefitting
improper
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
inexpedient
indecorous
injudicious
tactless
very great
unseemly
doom and gloom
undue
ill-considered
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Very poor or bad in standard or quality
lousy
inferior
poor
bad
terrible
wretched
substandard
mediocre
shoddy
rotten
unsatisfactory
dreadful
awful
execrable
miserable
inadequate
deficient
appalling
atrocious
trashy
cheap
unacceptable
rubbishy
pathetic
junky
abysmal
subpar
rubbish
suboptimal
common
dissatisfactory
frightful
useless
dismal
wanting
duff
worthless
bum
punk
schlocky
schlock
faulty
horrible
sleazy
cheapjack
pants
wrong
gimcrack
trumpery
wack
coarse
cheesy
crumby
bush
poxy
off
sour
incompetent
sucky
unspeakable
bodger
tinhorn
desperate
careless
harmful
slovenly
second-rate
low-grade
low-rent
bargain-basement
two-bit
cut-rate
very bad
bush-league
no good
not up to scratch
a load of pants
el cheapo
dime-a-dozen
piss-poor
not much cop
for the birds
strictly for the birds
crummy
dire
lamentable
laughable
pitiful
woeful
deplorable
chronic
diabolical
third-rate
disgraceful
pits
abominable
God-awful
defective
not up to snuff
imperfect
second-class
sorry
not up to par
ropy
sad
amateurish
disappointing
ineffectual
low-quality
below par
paltry
garbage
shameful
abject
inept
egregious
under par
ineffective
poor-quality
poor quality
less-than-stellar
lame
insufficient
negligent
low
rough
cruddy
grody
grungy
meager
US
hellacious
meagre
UK
shabby
sub-par
weak
below standard
not good
very poor
a dead loss
unable to do something for toffee
shocking
hideous
godawful
bungling
regrettable
unsound
grim
unfortunate
impaired
amiss
from hell
grotty
ghastly
broken
inexpert
inefficient
reduced
limited
impotent
little
flawed
feeble
lacking
insubstantial
restricted
inappreciable
inconsiderable
sparing
piddling
subnormal
crude
contemptible
under-strength
pitiable
unsuitable
dodgy
tatty
disastrous
unimpressive
intolerable
inadmissible
cheapo
dubious
questionable
damnable
stinking
insupportable
scurrilous
condemnable
out
irremediable
indefensible
inacceptable
reject
below average
tenth-rate
second rate
from hunger
not up to standard
of poor quality
of low quality
half-baked
not on
won't do
ill
disagreeable
direful
junk
base
lemon
leaving much to be desired
nasty
not up to much
unworthy
jerry-built
displeasing
tawdry
average
indifferent
downmarket
middling
tinny
ordinary
unexceptional
pedestrian
hack
distressing
good-for-nothing
the pits
poorer
cheap and nasty
tacky
déclassé
unsatisfying
damaged
not good enough
dirty
grubby
half-pie
low-end
trifling
minimal
insignificant
beastly
no great shakes
hateful
poorly
off-colour
UK
detestable
sketchy
craptacular
ratty
scabby
scummy
scurvy
mean
iffy
horrendous
calamitous
failing
insufferable
undesirable
horrid
repulsive
objectionable
off-color
US
valueless
found wanting
gross
not acceptable
weak sauce
end-of-the-pier
minor league
minor-league
small potatoes
no-good
not satisfying
crook
out of sorts
loathsome
sick
off colour
vile
unskilful
doubtful
uncomfortable
unpleasant
dissatisfying
naff
negligible
grievous
patchy
ropey
unrefined
unpolished
dilapidated
trivial
revolting
impermissible
inappropriate
incomplete
disturbing
disconcerting
disquieting
slipshod
scrappy
repellant
repellent
not cutting it
less than ideal
yucky
ailing
disreputable
cheapie
not up to expectations
flimsy
shlocky
seedy
shlock
unsightly
sordid
godforsaken
cheap-jack
of a sort
second-best
second class
unhappy
not okay
bereft
low quality
blah
bad quality
second string
second fiddle
third string
low cost
underwhelming
hellish
rancid
disgustful
rebarbative
loathly
run down
down at heel
sneaking
despicable
heartbreaking
bad news
raunchy
downer
icky
odious
diddly
fallacious
bummer
erroneous
not the best
reprehensible
stinky
anticlimactic
unfulfilling
leaving a lot to be desired
overwhelming
scandalous
horrifying
unbearable
sickening
afflictive
bathetic
distasteful
uninteresting
falling short
not all it's cracked up to be
disillusioning
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Adjective
▲
Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully
incompetent
inept
inexpert
incapable
unskilled
unfit
inadequate
useless
unqualified
amateurish
ineffectual
inferior
unskillful
unskilful
ineffective
bungling
unfitted
amateur
substandard
inexperienced
clumsy
inapt
pathetic
inefficient
unable
untrained
deficient
unproficient
unprofessional
maladroit
blundering
awkward
wanting
unequipped
unsuitable
unhandy
floundering
insufficient
cowboy
lacking
ineligible
disqualified
raw
incapacitated
unapt
undependable
helpless
unadapted
uninitiated
unreliable
farcical
unworkmanlike
no good
cack-handed
not equal to
ham-fisted
a dead loss
not good enough
lacking ability
not up to scratch
bush-league
skill-less
not much cop
not cut out for
not up to snuff
leaving much to be desired
not up to it
less capable
not have it
out to lunch
unable to do something for toffee
weak
inefficacious
impotent
bad
inproficient
worthless
powerless
bum
feeble
poor
unsatisfactory
unequal
lousy
butterfingers
unsuited
defective
unproductive
green
hapless
feckless
shiftless
imperfect
faulty
duff
naive
not equipped to
not up to
unequal to the task
out of your depth
not know one's arse from one's elbow
not much chop
lacking experience
no great shakes
ill-suited
futile
incompatible
broken
flimsy
inconsistent
inexpedient
junk
improper
inconvenient
inadmissible
inappropriate
not proper
incommodious
unadvantageous
limited
bumbling
ungraceful
klutzy
crude
undexterous
unfacile
gauche
rough
botched
unsuccessful
wooden
fumbled
butterfingered
artless
ham-handed
heavy-handed
all fingers and thumbs
all thumbs
nonprofessional
dilettante
jackleg
dilettantish
untaught
unpractised
unprepared
careless
ill-equipped
untalented
not cut out
unqualified for
incapable of
incompetent at
inadept
counterproductive
undesirable
hamstrung
meagre
UK
loser
unimpressive
meager
US
can't hack it
can't cut it
bush
negligent
suboptimal
subpar
unable to
unschooled
not strong enough
low-powered
insufficiently powered
unpracticed
uneducated
not able to
powerless to
not qualified
manual
unaccomplished
unversed
menial
labouring
UK
non-qualified
not prepared
untrained for
unable to do something
out of one's element
can't make the grade
undeveloped
laboring
US
blue-collar
inadequate for
insufficient for
unfitted for
not qualified for
found wanting in
unsuited to
slapdash
shoddy
sloppy
slipshod
nonexpert
second-rate
underpowered
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▲
Having lost confidence or hope
discouraged
dejected
depressed
despondent
sad
downcast
disconsolate
disheartened
gloomy
dispirited
down
glum
crestfallen
blue
melancholy
low
heartsick
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
disappointed
pessimistic
heartsore
crushed
dismayed
daunted
downbeat
cowed
intimidated
deflated
deterred
dashed
unenthusiastic
unconfident
unenthused
beat
low-spirited
cast down
fed up
down in the mouth
chap-fallen
down in the dumps
in the dumps
let down
put off
sick as a parrot
beat-down
caved-in
come-apart
down-in-mouth
having lost heart
lacking in confidence
lacking in enthusiasm
lost momentum
with cold feet
in a funk
gone to pieces
in blue funk
miserable
unhappy
forlorn
downhearted
saddened
distressed
sorrowful
mournful
doleful
woebegone
wretched
heartbroken
melancholic
woeful
joyless
inconsolable
dismal
brokenhearted
sorry
heavyhearted
choked
droopy
hangdog
despairing
bad
chapfallen
shot down
upset
morose
cheerless
unsatisfied
oppressed
dolorous
defeatist
in low spirits
in despair
disillusioned
discontented
dissatisfied
disgruntled
disenchanted
disconcerted
frustrated
discomfited
miffed
hurt
displeased
chagrined
aghast
beaten
gutted
disturbed
perturbed
bothered
irked
baulked
UK
objecting
worsted
vanquished
balked
US
cut up
taken down
in pain
in the pits
spiritless
grieving
desolate
desperate
mourning
Eeyorish
griefstricken
damp
hurting
destroyed
ripped
cast-down
unconsolable
bummed-out
discontent
in a blue funk
all torn up
heavy-hearted
grief-stricken
broken-hearted
long-faced
in the doldrums
brassed off
cheesed off
torn-up
moody
troubled
dragged
dull
listless
sunk
mopey
brooding
bummed out
weighed down
down-in-the-mouth
singing the blues
grieved
distraught
emotional
unnerved
sullen
broken
shaken
anguished
tearful
shattered
devastated
bereaved
sombre
UK
somber
US
sapped
aggrieved
tristful
thrown
shook up
down-hearted
saturnine
worried
overwhelmed
discomposed
uptight
defeated
flustered
rattled
annoyed
rueful
discountenanced
humbled
teary
wistful
subdued
weepy
devitalized
antsy
overwrought
abject
negative
lugubrious
downtrodden
in doldrums
in tears
in grief
uneasy
undeceived
sulky
cynical
disabused
soured
embittered
sick
traumatized
US
jaundiced
browbeaten
angry
grumpy
agitated
anxious
bitter
disquieted
unsettled
ruffled
vexed
confused
overcome
mirthless
dour
sepulchral
muddled
shocked
irritated
traumatised
UK
aflutter
tense
pensive
adust
frightened
inconvenienced
alarmed
crabbed
mopish
broody
out of love
angered
nervous
atwitter
apprehensive
black
morbid
mentally defeated
down in dumps
triste
languid
hung up
ill at ease
in a tizzy
gray
US
broken up
languorous
grey
UK
sick at heart
comfortless
pained
cross
undermined
tormented
concerned
afflicted
shook
burnt
discombobulated
burned
bugged
sore
contused
drained
suffering
excited
overemotional
abashed
sheepish
depressive
unmanned
weakened
heart-sick
godforsaken
bleak
irrational
histrionic
hysterical
solemn
reeling
dreary
moping
weary
surly
ugly
grievous
taken aback
agonised
UK
falling apart
crabby
languished
having blue devils
out of sorts
dysphoric
bowed down
down in mouth
having the blahs
hapless
regretful
misanthropic
shamefaced
punctured
sour
clouded
dampened
atrabilious
drooping
sagging
heavy
churlish
in a state of shock
blue funk
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
feeling down
full of gloom
choked up
crummy
elegiac
down and out
agonized
US
funereal
elegiacal
horrified
let-down
world-weary
lacking
sadder and wiser
brought down to earth
put down
humiliated
shell-shocked
emotionally defeated
wanting
unrewarded
empty-handed
indifferent
disenthralled
knowing
disentranced
blasé
with empty pockets
frantic
offended
insecure
dithery
queasy
queazy
nervy
fretted
edgy
jumpy
jittery
unquiet
unglued
hassled
verklempt
hinky
goosey
unzipped
wounded
put out
in disorder
amazed
set straight
come apart
at sixes and sevens
psyched out
het up
sick of
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Destined to a doomed fate
accursed
doomed
cursed
jinxed
wretched
fated
anathematized
bedevilled
UK
condemned
lost
blighted
ruined
unfortunate
unhappy
unlucky
bewitched
infernal
luckless
undone
bedeviled
US
hexed
ill-fated
star-crossed
ill-starred
ill-omened
under a curse
done for
hapless
foredoomed
fey
having received the kiss of death
being a dead duck
disaster-prone
done
kaput
rekt
kaputt
shagged
arsed
destroyed
wrecked
screwed
Donald Ducked
wicked
diabolical
evil
fiendish
demonic
sinful
iniquitous
devilish
heinous
hellish
base
Mephistophelian
demoniac
unsanctified
damnable
depraved
excommunicate
excommunicated
voodooed
unholy
cussed
afflicted
pestilential
pernicious
hell fire
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome
insurmountable
invincible
unconquerable
unbeatable
invulnerable
indomitable
impregnable
insuperable
unassailable
unstoppable
bulletproof
impassable
overwhelming
undefeatable
impossible
challenging
ineluctable
unmasterable
no-win
forget it
no way
not a prayer
secure
unsurpassable
unshakeable
unyielding
strong
impenetrable
impervious
indestructible
safe
inviolable
unattackable
untouchable
irresistible
unflinching
indefatigable
supreme
irrepressible
firm
powerful
impermeable
unshakable
unnavigable
blocked
unpassable
inaccessible
closed
blockaded
obstructed
untraversable
insusceptible
above criticism
immune
fortified
solid
proof against
safe and sound
enduring
immovable
indefeasible
undefeated
unattainable
resistant
inexpugnable
matchless
unsurpassed
peerless
stout
unmatched
excellent
outstanding
well fortified
well defended
unexcelled
not beatable
unbending
relentless
unrelenting
unsurmountable
overpowering
persisting
persistent
inevitable
inescapable
persevering
inexorable
dauntless
Adjective
▲
Not able to be changed
incurable
inveterate
confirmed
established
incorrigible
entrenched
firm
staunch
steadfast
diehard
unshakeable
committed
thorough
complete
dedicated
unwavering
devoted
thoroughgoing
faithful
loyal
unashamed
unapologetic
unrepentant
absolute
utter
unswerving
unfaltering
arrant
eternal
irrepressible
undying
long-established
deep-rooted
long-standing
dyed-in-the-wool
deep-dyed
through and through
out-and-out
true blue
card-carrying
full-bore
right-down
mad keen
beyond hope
keen as mustard
dyed-in-the wool
habitual
hardened
chronic
ingrained
fixed
deep-seated
uncompromising
stubborn
ineradicable
bred-in-the-bone
obstinate
irredeemable
congenital
obsessive
compulsive
obsessional
true
seasoned
instilled
unchangeable
infixed
well-established
persistent
pathological
full-fledged
deep-down
through-and-through
deeply ingrained
out and out
obdurate
settled
habituated
rooted
shameless
unreformable
genuine
accustomed
set
inbred
die-hard
hard-core
hardcore
enduring
to the core
abiding
unbending
inflexible
impenitent
addicted
unyielding
adamant
immovable
hooked
intransigent
unfading
brassbound
deep
wilful
mulish
pertinacious
willful
usual
pigheaded
unregenerate
perverse
tenacious
inborn
lifelong
stiff-necked
deep-set
self-willed
dependent
ceaseless
regular
indelible
embedded
inexorable
irremovable
immutable
fortified
perennial
lingering
unmitigated
well established
dug in
set firm
driven
irresistible
impulsive
uncontrollable
proved
accepted
irradicable
intrenched
customary
prevalent
constant
recurrent
recurring
remorseless
besetting
innate
old
unremorseful
resolute
radicated
indurated
sworn
implacable
uncontrite
dogged
headstrong
tough
unrepenting
unmalleable
indomitable
unrelenting
unregretful
unabashed
unadaptable
opinionated
unaccommodating
conscienceless
hard
hardheaded
unpliable
locked in
intractable
hard-line
bloody-minded
locked
long-lived
tough nut
rock-ribbed
bull-headed
hang tough
ossified
callous
bullheaded
adamantine
inconvincible
unblushing
abandoned
pat
brazen
not contrite
reprobate
not sorry
hard-nosed
self-opinionated
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Resulting or acting from a pathological compulsion or desire
compulsive
chronic
inveterate
habitual
persistent
confirmed
hardened
obsessive
incorrigible
incurable
pathological
irredeemable
addicted
obsessional
hooked
dependent
established
committed
thorough
unashamed
complete
thoroughgoing
unrepentant
utter
seasoned
regular
unreformable
shameless
congenital
long-established
long-standing
dyed-in-the-wool
ineradicable
ingrained
bred-in-the-bone
obstinate
deep-rooted
deep-seated
constant
recurrent
rooted
settled
fixed
stubborn
habituated
hard-core
hardcore
deep-dyed
frequent
entrenched
by habit
deep
firm
perennial
lifelong
set
devout
resolute
true
intrenched
uncompromising
devoted
enduring
indelible
loyal
staunch
ardent
unwavering
proved
earnest
unyielding
faithful
vehement
dedicated
immutable
wholehearted
stalwart
steadfast
torrid
intransigent
longtime
supreme
unshakeable
zealous
inexorable
unshakable
diehard
unapologetic
impenitent
fanatical
fervent
explicit
accustomed
definite
staid
inured
sicker
through and through
well established
hard-line
deep-set
red-hot
all-consuming
die-hard
well-established
hard-shell
firmly established
bona fide
card-carrying
driven
irresistible
uncontrolled
pathologic
extreme
impulsive
uncontrollable
adamant
prevalent
recurring
besetting
fiery
inborn
inbred
incessant
tenacious
routine
usual
unmitigated
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