no-hoper en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English no Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope English -er English no-hoper From no + hope + -er.
Meanings
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Someone or something that has no hope of success.
Francis Urquhart: Six days to the first ballot. Who are we up against? Tim Stamper: Mackenzie, Earle, Woolton, Samuels, and three no-hopers: Bairsted, Llewellyn-Jones-Rhys, and Bogg.
1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 4:After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.
2000 March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:"Brain-dead kids. Born losers. No-hopers the lot of 'em. I mean, as a taxpayer, what do they effin' teach 'em in school these days? I ask you!"
2016, Jack Chapman, Prodigal Son:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| no-hopers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Translations (4)
nl kansloze (someone without hope of success) · nl hopeloos geval (something without hope of success) · nl hopeloze zaak (something without hope of success) · nl hopeloos geval (someone without hope of success)