No-hoper
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: No-hoper is a noun meaning Someone or something that has no hope of success.
Meaning
Someone or something that has no hope of success.
Example Sentences
"Brain-dead kids. Born losers. No-hopers the lot of 'em. I mean, as a taxpayer, what do they effin' teach 'em in school these days? I ask you!"
After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.
Francis Urquhart: Six days to the first ballot. Who are we up against? Tim Stamper: Mackenzie, Earle, Woolton, Samuels, and three no-hopers: Bairsted, Llewellyn-Jones-Rhys, and Bogg.
Word Forms
- no-hopers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dead-end, nonstarter, unhope, hopelessness, never-would-be, ne'er-do-well.
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