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hopeless
01
having no possibility or expectation of improvement or success
02
(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
03
(of a plan, situation, etc.) prone to fail
04
of a person unable to do something skillfully
Example
The team faced a hopeless situation, trailing by ten points with only two minutes left in the game.
He stared at the complicated math problem, feeling hopeless about solving it.
The patient's condition was deemed hopeless by the medical team.
After losing everything in the fire, they felt hopeless about rebuilding their lives.
Despite their best efforts, they found themselves in a hopeless financial situation due to mounting debts.