1. (Informal to emphasize how bad it is) Beyond hope of management or reform.
2. Certain to fail.
3. Of a person unable to do something skillfully.
4. Without hope because there remains no possibility of comfort or success.
abject · bad · black · bleak · darkening · despairing · desperate · despondent · dim · discouraging · forlorn · futureless · gloomy · grim · heartsick · helpless · impossible · insoluble · lost · pessimistic · resigned · unhopeful · unskilled