complete despair

collocation in English

meaningsofcompleteanddespair

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complete
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpliːt/us
/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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despair
noun[U]
uk
/dɪˈspeər/us
/dɪˈsper/
the feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or ...
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(Definition ofcompleteanddespairfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplete despair

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I think that would be disastrous for all concerned and would be an action ofcompletedespair.
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The way in which they have sought to pull themselves up out of a situation ofcompletedespairis remarkable.
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I do not regard this as a matter ofcompletedespair.
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Those refugees are wretched, emotionally broken and in utter andcompletedespair.
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It is very easy to fall intocompletedespair, but that is not our temperament and that we must not do.
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That would be a counsel ofcompletedespair.
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To-day the industry is practically bankrupt, and, until the conclusion of this agreement, it was incompletedespair.
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There iscompletedespairamong those in the inner city area.
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I contribute to the debate in a mood ofcompletedespair.
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It is thecompletedespairof parents who have never committed offences and who have done all that they can to instil a code of morality in their children.
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That is a policy ofcompletedespair.
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Whether such people know it or not, their lives will inevitably lead tocompletedespair.
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Despite the surrounding events, the narrator's tone never slips intocompletedespair, but maintains a sense of hope and humour throughout.
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I was incompletedespair.
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