hopeless mess

collocation in English

meaningsofhopelessandmess

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hopeless
adjective
uk
/ˈhəʊp.ləs/us
/ˈhoʊp.ləs/
without ...
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mess
noun
uk
/mes/us
/mes/
Mess or a mess is something or someone that looks dirty ...
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(Definition ofhopelessandmessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It has made ahopelessmessof most of our industries.
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For we have made a perfectlyhopelessmessof the whole labour question, and, after all, where is this £1,000,000,000 going?
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The billeting officer was in ahopelessmess.
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You see what ahopelessmessyou get into when you deal withex post factolegislation.
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We have got ourselves into ahopelessmesswith the prison system.
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Then she had to justify herself, and she made ahopelessmessof it.
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The whole thing was ahopelessmessfrom start to finish.
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The law is in ahopelessmessall round—it is extremely diverse; it badly needs simplification and rationalisation.
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We are really getting into ahopelessmess.
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The point is that we make ahopelessmessof moral judgments about these countries.
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One has to keep the two concepts separate, otherwise one gets into ahopelessmessmentally and practically.
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It may have been unnecessary, but it has left the council tax in ahopelessmessof confusion and it is worth considering some of the consequences of that confusion.
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We are in ahopelessmess: it is difficult not to be pessimistic about what is happening and what will happen over the next 12 months.
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