hopeless

having no hope of success or improvement; extremely bad and likely to get worse

desesperado, sin esperanza

• a hopeless situation/problem

Collocations hopeless cause · hopeless task

• The situation seems hopeless.

  La situación parece desesperada.

unable to understand or deal with something; confused and unable to think clearly

perplejo, confundido

• hopeless about/in something

Collocations hopeless with technology · hopeless at math

• She was hopeless with computers.

  Ella estaba desorientada con las computadoras.

not worth considering or trying; completely unsuitable for a particular purpose

inútil, inservible

• hopeless as/to be something

Collocations a hopeless candidate · a hopeless idea

• The plan was a hopeless one.

  El plan era inútil.