hopelessly
adverb
hope·less·ly
ˈhō-pləs-lē 
: in a hopeless manner
—used especially as an intensifier
the formerly despised and hopelessly middle-class game of golf—
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With 6-Down, become hopelessly infatuated — CRUSH 7A. Unsettled feeling — AGITA
8A. Back tooth — MOLAR
9A. Passionate student, perhaps — NERD
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—Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
And their pathway to championships in the 1990s seemed hopelessly blocked by Michael Jordan’s Bulls or Patrick Ewing’s the Knicks until the breakthrough run in 2000 only to lose to Shaquille O’Neal, the late Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Donald Trump ran for president by arguing that the federal government was hopelessly corrupt.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 29 May 2025
Some regrouping is necessary anyway: the original House language would have left the OMB hopelessly underfunded to carry out all the foregoing actions.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 14 June 2025
And their pathway to championships in the 1990s seemed hopelessly blocked by Michael Jordan’s Bulls or Patrick Ewing’s the Knicks until the breakthrough run in 2000 only to lose to Shaquille O’Neal, the late Kobe Bryant and the Lakers.
—Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
Donald Trump ran for president by arguing that the federal government was hopelessly corrupt.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 29 May 2025
Some regrouping is necessary anyway: the original House language would have left the OMB hopelessly underfunded to carry out all the foregoing actions.
—Clyde Wayne Crews Jr, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
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“Hopelessly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hopelessly. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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