hopeless case

collocation in English

meaningsofhopelessandcase

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hopeless
adjective
uk
/ˈhəʊp.ləs/us
/ˈhoʊp.ləs/
without ...
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case
noun
uk
/keɪs/us
/keɪs/
a particular situation or example ...
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(Definition ofhopelessandcasefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhopeless case

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It is ahopelesscase.
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Well, he must be ahopelesscase.
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I stress that it is only thehopelesscasethat will be excluded by this regulation.
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I think that possibly they thought it was ahopelesscase.
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Many people in niche markets in the garment sector, which 20 years ago seemed ahopelesscase, are doing very well.
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He applied to the prison doctor, and was given exactly the same reply—that nothing could be done, that he was ahopelesscase.
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There can be no justification for allowing a person who has made a clearly unfounded claim to remain here to pursue ahopelesscase.
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If they finally decide that he is ahopelesscaseand has to go, even then he is given another chance.
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Preliminary judicial hearings are taking place before a full court for an absolutelyhopelesscase, and one hour is allotted to find that out.
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They are the worst type of case, the sad case, the helpless, almost thehopelesscase, who must have someone to look after them.
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The old pupil-teacher system failed because it was frequently thehopelesscaseof a tired teacher instructing a tired pupil.
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Upon his commitment, he was described as ahopelesscaseof locomotor ataxia.
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Only in the mosthopelesscasewhere there was no argument at all would legal aid be refused and such cases would rarely if ever occur.
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The new power to throw out the case is in recognition of the fact that to allow ahopelesscaseto continue will be expensive and time-consuming for all concerned.
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She had a history of seizures since infancy and was taken to the children's hospital aged three and declared ahopelesscase.
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