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unhopeful

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hope⋅ful

  [hohp-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. full of hope; expressing hope: His hopeful words stimulated optimism.
2. exciting hope; promising advantage or success: a hopeful prospect.
–noun
3. a person who shows promise or aspires to success: the Democratic presidential hopeful.
Origin:
1560–70; hope + -ful

Related forms:
hope⋅ful⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. expectant; sanguine, optimistic, confident.
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unhopeful

adjective
showing utter resignation or hopelessness; "abject surrender" [syn: abject] 
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