But it rapidly became apparent that the quiz was completely hopeless at picking up any of the complexities of class.

How do you approach the match against completely hopeless opposition next week?

But unfortunately an equal number are completely hopeless.

There's completely hopeless and there's almost completely hopeless.

And, naturally, most of the comics, journalists and presenters insist they are completely hopeless with money.

When a trademark chase-down of a hopeless cause earned him another, he jumped and yelled and urged the home fans to pump up the volume.

Such a display of fortitude and brilliance in an apparently hopeless cause transformed a neutral, disappointed crowd.

Out of a hopeless cause, possibilities emerged.

This has proved a hopeless cause.

Especially when landed with a hopeless cause.

Two thirds of all adults still cannot read, a hopeless situation for a nation that seeks to be competitive in a global knowledge economy.

But we're not talking about a hopeless situation.

When we face what we see as a hopeless situation, we often abandon all effort.

The plan currently being considered seeks to address what has been until now presented as a hopeless situation.

I feel horrible for thinking this way but it brings my hopeless situation home to me.

And yes, if you set rules you have to police them properly and the football authorities seem pretty hopeless at it.

There are of plenty of books written about it, but, regrettably, many are pretty hopeless.

By the numbers, the situation sounds pretty hopeless.

The first says that he's pretty hopeless and probably has no future in architecture.

He quickly began to realise that he was actually pretty hopeless at being a celebrity.

Indeed, with a little more craft in the penalty area they might have gleaned concrete reward from a seemingly hopeless task.

While you walk through the trials of this life, even in the midst of seemingly hopeless situations, you can have peace.

Over the next 45 years he pursued multifarious civil liberties cases, no matter how unpopular or seemingly hopeless.

That's undeniable, since it was dedicated amateurs, working for years on seemingly hopeless projects, who kick-started the canal renaissance in the first place.

Declarer faced a seemingly hopeless task.

He has felt utterly hopeless over the last five days.

If you believed what they write, the following jockeys have all been (and probably still are) utterly hopeless.

Outlast gives you just enough power to not render you utterly hopeless, while still keeping you on edge every step of the way.

She was utterly hopeless, beyond any expectation of reconciliation.

I felt completely out of control, utterly hopeless.