Given up as hopeless; desperate.

Given up as hopeless; desperate; = deplorate, adj. Obsolete.

Of or concerning which there is no hope; despaired of, desperate. Also in weakened use: ineffectual, inadequate, unable to stand up for oneself…

Despaired of; no longer hoped for; cf. despair, v. 3. Obsolete.

That cannot be hoped for, beyond hope.

despaired of: see despair, v. 1.

Chiefly colloquial. U.S. In gone duck, gone goose, and similarly with other nouns denoting animals. Designating a person who or thing which is a…