Pronunciation
How to pronounce “hopeless”
“hopeless” is pronounced /hoʊpləs/ — 2 syllables.
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hopeless
/hoʊpləs/
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2 syllables. Stress the 'hoʊpl' part (say it longer and louder) and let the others relax — unstressed vowels often soften to a lazy /ə/.Meaning
without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
“in an agony of hopeless grief”
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