- it's useless he's hopeless
- damit (mit ihm) ist nichts anzufangen
English-German idiom dictionary. 2013.
English-German idiom dictionary. 2013.
Useless — Use less, a. Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity. [1913 Webster] Not to sit idle with so… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hopeless — [adj] futile, pessimistic bad, beyond recall, cynical, dejected, demoralized, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, discouraging, downhearted, fatal, forlorn, gone*, goner*, helpless, ill fated, impossible, impracticable, incurable, in … New thesaurus
useless — [adj] not working; not valuable abortive, bootless, counterproductive, disadvantageous, dysfunctional, expendable, feckless, fruitless, futile, good for nothing*, hopeless, idle, impracticable, impractical, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual,… … New thesaurus
hopeless — adjective 1) she felt weary and hopeless Syn: despairing, desperate, wretched, forlorn, pessimistic, defeatist, resigned; dejected, downhearted, despondent, demoralized; archaic woebegone 2) a hopeless case Syn … Thesaurus of popular words
useless — adjective 1) useless attempts Syn: futile, to no avail, (in) vain, pointless, to no purpose, unavailing, hopeless, ineffectual, ineffective, to no effect, fruitless, unprofitable, profitless, unproductive; archaic bootless Ant … Thesaurus of popular words
useless — [[t]ju͟ːsləs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED: usu v link ADJ If something is useless, you cannot use it. He realised that their money was useless in this country... Computers would be useless without software writers. Ant: useful Derived words: uselessly ADV… … English dictionary
useless — adjective 1) it was useless to try Syn: futile, pointless, to no avail, vain, to no purpose, unavailing, hopeless, ineffectual, fruitless, unprofitable, unproductive 2) informal he was useless at his job Syn … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
useless — uselessly, adv. uselessness, n. /yoohs lis/, adj. 1. of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him. 2. without useful qualities; of no practical good: a useless person; a useless gadget … Universalium
Hopeless to Hopeful — Infobox Album Name = Dissent From the Living Room Type = studio Longtype = Artist = Matthew Ryan Released = 2002 Recorded = Genre = Alternative country Length = Label = Producer = Reviews = Last album = Dissent from the Living Room (2002) This… … Wikipedia
hopeless — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Despairing] Syn. despondent, despairing, desperate, forlorn, disconsolate, depressed, dejected, melancholy, pessimistic, cynical; see also sad 1 . 2. [Discouraging] Syn. futile, unfortunate, threatening, bad, sinister,… … English dictionary for students
hopeless — adjective 1) a hopeless case Syn: forlorn, beyond hope, lost, irreparable, irreversible, incurable, impossible, futile 2) hopeless at maths Syn: bad, poor, awful … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary