Hope

English - Turkish

Definition of Hope in English Turkish dictionary

Ummak bir strateji değildir. - Hope is not a strategy.

Sanırım bu umut etmek için çok fazlaydı. - I guess it was too much to hope for.

{f} ümit etmek

Artık bütün yapabileceğimiz Tom'un yapmaya söz verdiği şeyi yapmasını ümit etmektir. - All we can do now is hope that Tom does what he's promised to do.

Bütün yapabileceğimiz ümit etmektir. - All we can do is hope.

ümit

Hasta ümitsiz bir hasta. - The patient is sick beyond all hope.

Ümit; bir saat önce bitirdiğin çikolatalı çörek kutusunun sihirle tekrar dolup dolmadığını kontrol etmek için çılgın bir adam gibi birdenbire mutfağa doğru koştuğundadır. - Hope is when you suddenly run to the kitchen like a mad man to check if the empty chocolate cookie box you just finished an hour ago is magically full again.

umut

Korku değil, umut insan ilişkilerinde yaratıcı ilkedir. - Hope, not fear, is the creative principle in human affairs.

Öğrencileriniz bize yeni umut verdi. - Your students have given us new hope.

umu

Yakıda iyileşecek mi? Öyle umuyorum. - Will he recover soon? I hope so.

Haber umutlarımızı yıktı. - The news dashed our hopes.

{f} um

güvenini sarsmayarak

hoping against hope ümidini kesmeyerek

hope chest çeyiz sandığı

{i} beklenti

Umarım beklentilerinize göre yaşayabiliriz. - I hope we can live up to your expectations.

{f} beklemek

Sadako'nun şimdi yapabileceği bütün şey kağıttan vinçler yapmak ve bir mücize beklemekti. - All Sadako could do now was to make paper cranes and hope for a miracle.

Emi'nin yakında ortaya çıkacağını umuyorum. Onu beklemekten usandım. - I hope that Emi will appear soon. I'm tired of waiting for her.

in hopes ümidi

{f} arzu etmek

{f} istemek

Tom için yüksek emellerim var. - I have high hopes for Tom.

beklenti içinde olmak

Tom onun ümitsiz olduğunu biliyordu. - Tom knew that it was hopeless.

Lee durumun ümitsiz olduğunu kabul etmedi. - Lee did not agree that the situation was hopeless.

{i} ümitsizlik

{s} umutlu

Tom'un iyileşeceğine dair hâlâ umutluyuz. - We remain hopeful that Tom will recover.

Ebeveynler gelecek hakkında umutluydu. - Parents were hopeful about the future.

hopeless

{s} umutsuz

Ona bunun umutsuz olduğunu söyle. - Tell him this is hopeless.

Onun hepsi çok umutsuz. - It's all so hopeless.

hope for the impossible

olmayacak duaya amin demek

hope nothing's wrong

hope to see you again

yine bekleriz

hope against hope

umut karşı umut

hope chest

çeyiz sandığı

hope for the best

(deyim) Hayırlısını beklemek, umutla tevekkül etmek

hope to work together

birlikte çalışabilmek umuduyla

hope well

iyi umut

hope you get better soon

acil şifa dilerim

hope against hope

her şeye rağmen ümitli olmak

hope for

(Fiili Deyim ) olmasını beklemek , ummak , arzu etmek

hope for the best

iyi sonuçlanmasını ummak

hope for the best

hayırlısı demek

hoping against hope

İnşallah yarın varacağız. - Hopefully, we'll arrive tomorrow.

İnşallah, her şey yolunda gidecek. - Hopefully, everything will turn out all right.

hopeful

umut

Ebeveynler gelecek hakkında umutluydu. - Parents were hopeful about the future.

Tom çok umutlu görünmüyor. - Tom doesn't look very hopeful.

Tom, Mary'ye umutsuzca aşık. - Tom is hopelessly in love with Mary.

O umutsuzca romantik. - He is hopelessly romantic.

hoping

umma

İşlerin iyileşeceğini ummaya devam ediyoruz. - I keep hoping that things will get better.

Ben Tom'la buluşacağımı ummaya devam ettim. - I kept hoping I'd meet Tom.

hoping

ümitli

i hope you will get better soon

Takeshima Günü belirleyerek, daha fazla Japon halkının Takeshima adaları hakkında bilgi öğreneceği umulmaktadır. - By establishing Takeshima Day, it is hoped that more Japanese people will learn about the Takeshima islands.

Tom bir iş bulma ümidiyle Boston'a geldi. - Tom came to Boston hoping to find a job.

i hope

umuyorum ki

Umuyorum ki,Japonya anayasaya göre hareket edecek. - I hope that Japan will abide by its Constitution.

i hope

umarım

Umarım sizin için işler yolunda gidiyordur. - I hope things have been going well for you.

Umarım kaza geçirmemiştir. - I hope he hasn't had an accident.

i hope nothing's wrong

hayırdır inşallah

i hope nothing's wrong

hayırdır!

i hope nothing's wrong

hayrola!

i hope so

umarım

Umarım biri bunu kaydediyor. - I hope someone is recording this.

Umarım biri bize yardım etmeye gelir. - I hope someone comes to help us.

let us hope for the best

(deyim) boş ümit

(deyim) boş hayal

Cape of Good Hope

umut verici bir biçimde

hopefully

umarım

Umarım komik olmak seni öldürmez! - Hopefully, being ridiculous doesn't kill you !

Umarım, Çin gezimizde eğleniriz. - Hopefully, we'll enjoy our China trip.

O bir doktor olma ümidiyle okuyor. - He studies in the hope of becoming a doctor.

So long as someone or something ailing is alive, there is hope for recovery

çıkmadık candan ümit kesilmez

cape of good hope

iyi umut pelerin

cross my heart and hope to die

(deyim) Yemin ederim ki,

feed so.'s hope with

besleme kadar. 'ile umut var

Umudunu kaybetmemelisin. - You must not give up hope.

Umudunu kaybetme, Tom. - Don't give up hope, Tom.

Önceden annemin ben evlenene kadar yaşamasını umut ederdim. - I once hoped that my mother would survive until I got married.

Tom umutla gülümsedi. - Tom smiled hopefully.

i hope you like it

there is always hope, there is always a promising future

çıkmadık candan ümit kesilmez

vain hope

boşuna umut

where there is life there is hope

(Atasözü) Çıkmadık candan umut kesilmez

where there's life there's hope

çıkmadık candan ümit kesilmez

while there's life there's hope

çıkmadık candan ümit kesilmez

without hope, desperately

umut, umutsuzca olmadan

Cape of Good Hope

ümit burnu

He is past hope

Ümitsiz durumda

a glimmer of hope

fedailer takımı (savaş)

{s} ümit verici

ümit verici bir şekilde

hopeful

{s} geleceği parlak

hopeful

dili inşallah

hopeful

hopefulnessümit verici durum

{i} ümitli olma

{i} umut verme

{i} iyimserlik

{s} ümit vermeyen

{s} umut vermeyen

i hope his ears are burning

kulakları çınlasın

i hope so

İnşallah./Umarım öyle olur

(Fiili Deyim ) umuduyla

geleceği parlak kimse

with the hope of

ümidiyle

English - English

Definition of Hope in English English dictionary: A town in British Columbia; A female given name from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans; A town in Arkansas; An English and Scottish topographic surname for someone who lived in a hop, a small enclosed valley; A person or thing that is a source of hope
We still have one hope left: my roommate might see the note I left on the table.; The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen
I still have some hope that I can get to work on time.; The virtuous desire for future good
But now abideth faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love. (1Cor. 13:13).; to expect and wish; to want something to happen
I hope everyone likes this definition.; The actual thing wished for; to be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes
I am still hoping that all will turn out well.; {v} to live in hopes, to expect with desire; {n} a desire or good accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it or a belief that it is obtainable, the object of hope; If you hope that something is true, or if you hope for something, you want it to be true or to happen, and you usually believe that it is possible or likely. She had decided she must go on as usual, follow her normal routine, and hope and pray He hesitates before leaving, almost as though he had been hoping for conversation I hope to get a job within the next two weeks The researchers hope that such a vaccine could be available in about ten years' time `We'll speak again.' --- `I hope so.'; from the virtue, like Faith and Charity first used by Puritans; You say `I hope' when you want to warn someone not to do something foolish or dangerous. I hope you won't be too harsh with the girl; expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"; If you have high hopes or great hopes that something will happen, you are confident that it will happen. I had high hopes that Derek Randall might play an important part; 12/97Small pure functional language with ADTs, 1978-85; If you do one thing in the hope of another thing happening, you do it because you think it might cause or help the other thing to happen, which is what you want. He was studying in the hope of being admitted to an engineering college; be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well"; To expect; to fear; {i} expectation, anticipation, wish; the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"; To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; usually followed by in; That which is hoped for; an object of hope; United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903); To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of; One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good; The vision which motivates our desires and actions The attitude that springs from the knowledge that God has the future in His hands, and that we have a joyful future with him; one of the three Christian virtues a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"; Funded by the Georgia Lottery, the program provides qualified students with tuition assistance in diploma, certificate or degree programs at any public or private college, university or technical institution in Georgia; "Desire and expectation rolled into one" [DD] According to Fundies life is hopeless without belief to carry one beyond the grave This permits Fundies to absent themselves from efforts to promote justice, mercy and world peace [contra Micah 6: 8] [BLB] ]; A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy; one of the three Christian virtues a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant" the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope" someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory" United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903) intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening" be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well" expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise; Intense expectation; If you think that the help or success of a particular person or thing will cause you to be successful or to get what you want, you can refer to them as your hope. Roemer represented the best hope for a businesslike climate in Louisiana; one of the three Christian virtues; intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"; If you say that you cannot hope for something, or if you talk about the only thing that you can hope to get, you mean that you are in a bad situation, and there is very little chance of improving it. Things aren't ideal, but that's the best you can hope for these mountains, which no one can hope to penetrate. Hope is also a noun. The only hope for underdeveloped countries is to become, as far as possible, self-reliant; To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; usually followed by for; {f} wish, anticipate, expect; A sloping plain between mountain ridges; If you are in a difficult situation and do something and hope for the best, you hope that everything will happen in the way you want, although you know that it may not. Some companies are cutting costs and hoping for the best; Housing Opportunities for Persons Everywhere; Hope is a feeling of desire and expectation that things will go well in the future. But Kevin hasn't given up hope of being fit Consumer groups still hold out hope that the president will change his mind; feelings If you say `Some hope', or `Not a hope', you think there is no possibility that something will happen, although you may want it to happen. The industry reckons it will see orders swell by 10% this financial year. Some hope. British-born American entertainer. He costarred with Bing Crosby in the popular "Road" films, beginning with the Road to Singapore (1940). Since 1940 he has traveled extensively to entertain U.S. troops overseas. Cape of Good Hope Franklin John Hope Good Hope Cape of Hope diamond Hope Bob Leslie Townes Hope; Before Alexander set out for Asia he divided his kingdom among his friends "My lord," said Perdiccas, "what have you left for, yourself?" "Hope," replied Alexander Whereupon Perdiccas rejoined, "If hope is enough for Alexander, it is enough for Perdiccas," and declined to accept any bounty from the king The Bard of Hope Thomas Campbell (1777-1844), the author of The Pleasures of Hope The entire profits on this poem were 900 The Cape of Good Hope (See Storms ); grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"; United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (born in 1903) intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"; If you tell someone not to get their hopes up, or not to build their hopes up, you are warning them that they should not become too confident of progress or success. There is no reason for people to get their hopes up over this mission; If you live in hope that something will happen, you continue to hope that it will happen, although it seems unlikely, and you realize that you are being foolish. My mother bought lots of tickets and lived in hope of winning the prize; If you hope against hope that something will happen, you hope that it will happen, although it seems impossible. She glanced about the hall, hoping against hope that Richard would be waiting for her; If someone wants something to happen, and considers it likely or possible, you can refer to their hopes of that thing, or to their hope that it will happen. They have hopes of increasing trade between the two regions The delay in the programme has dashed Japan's hopes of commercial success in space; A small bay; an inlet; a haven; a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"; emphasis If you say that someone has not got a hope in hell of doing something, you are emphasizing that they will not be able to do it. Everybody knows they haven't got a hope in hell of forming a government anyway; n Desire and expectation rolled into one; expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise; Abbreviation for a primitive equation ocean circulation model developed and used at the DKRZ; someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory"; politeness You use `I hope' in expressions such as `I hope you don't mind' and `I hope I'm not disturbing you', when you are being polite and want to make sure that you have not offended someone or disturbed them. I hope you don't mind me coming to see you I hope I haven't said anything to upset you; esperance; hawthorn; wish
hope against hope: To continue to hope, even when what is hoped for seems unlikely or impossible
hope chest: A box containing items, especially clothing, table linens, towels, bed linens, and quilts, typically stored by unmarried young women in anticipation of future marriages or married lives
hope chests: plural form of hope chest
hope for the best: (deyim) Hope that something will be successful or happen in the way you want, even if it seems unlikely
I've repaired it as well as I can - we'll just have to hope for the best.
Hope diamond: Blue diamond from India, one of the largest blue diamonds known. Named for the London banker Thomas Hope, who purchased it in 1830, the 45.5-carat diamond is on display in the Smithsonian Institution
hope against hope: hope with little reason
hope chest: A chest used by a young woman for clothing and household goods, such as linens and silver, in anticipation of marriage
hope chest: chest for storage of clothing (trousseau) and household goods in anticipation of marriage
hope chest: articles gathered by a woman in preparation or anticipation for marriage; trousseau
hope fervently: strongly desire, earnestly wish for
hope for the best: wish for a good outcome, long for good results
hope that: wish that, desire that
hope that helps: I hope that is useful, I hope that is beneficial
Cape of Good Hope: a cape in southwestern South Africa, near Cape Town
forlorn hope: A small troop picked to make an advance attack, or the first attack; a storming party
Lieutenant Templeton of the 76th offered to lead the forlorn hope.
forlorn hope: Any dangerous or hopeless venture
hoped: Simple past tense and past participle of hope
hopeful: Feeling hope
I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
hopeful: Somebody who is hoping for success or victory
Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.
hopeful: Inspiring hope
hopeless: Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate
A hopeless cause.
hopeless: Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. -Shakspeare.
hoping: filled with or inspiring hope (uncommon)
A hoping situation is not yet desolate..
hoping: being optimistic toward
I'm hoping the weather will be sunny tomorrow..
hopeful: {a} full of expectation, promising, good
hopefully: {a} in a hopeful manner, pleasingly
hopefulness: {n} a promise or expectation of good
hopeless: {a} destitute of hope, forlorn, abandoned
hopelessly: {a} without ground to expect
hopelessness: {n} a hopeless or lost state, despair
hoper: {n} one who has pleasing expectations
cross one's heart and hope to die: say that what one has said is surely true (often used by children)
I promise that I will meet you tomorrow. Cross my heart and hope to die.
in the hope of: Expecting and wishing for
in the hope that: Expecting and wishing for
Bob Hope: orig. Leslie Townes Hope born May 29, 1903, Eltham, Eng. died July 27, 2003, Toluca Lake, Calif., U.S. British-born U.S. actor. His family immigrated to Ohio when he was four years old. He created a song-and-comedy vaudeville act and in 1933 won his first substantial role in a musical, Roberta. Success in radio led to his first film, The Big Broadcast of 1938, in which he sang his theme song, "Thanks for the Memory." He hosted the highly rated Bob Hope Show (1938-50) on radio and later hosted and appeared in numerous popular television specials. He costarred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour in seven popular "Road" pictures, beginning with The Road to Singapore (1940), and won fans in The Paleface (1948), My Favorite Spy (1951), and The Seven Little Foys (1955). For more than 40 years he performed with his variety show for U.S. troops overseas
Cape of Good Hope: rocky point of land near the southern tip of Africa
Cape of Good Hope: a peninsula (=a piece of land surrounded on three sides by water) at the southwestern end of South Africa, where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Indian Ocean. Rocky promontory, southwestern coast, Western Cape province, South Africa. It was sighted by the Portuguese navigator Bartolemeu Dias in 1488 on his return voyage to Portugal after finding the southern limits of the African continent. Known for the stormy weather and rough seas encountered there, the cape lies at the convergence of warm currents from the Indian Ocean and cool currents from Antarctic waters. A part of the Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve established in 1939, the cape was the site of the first Dutch settlement at Table Bay in 1652
Good Hope: A promontory on the southwest coast of South Africa south of Cape Town. It was first circumnavigated in 1488 by Bartolomeu Dias, who named it Cape of Storms
Hopeless: despairful
John Hope Franklin: born Jan. 2, 1915, Rentiesville, Okla., U.S. U.S. historian. He attended Fisk University and received graduate degrees from Harvard and has taught at many colleges and universities, including Howard, Chicago, and Duke. He first gained international attention with From Slavery to Freedom (1947). He helped fashion the legal brief that led to the landmark Brown v. Board of Education decision. He was the first black president of the American Historical Association (1978-79) and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1995
Land of Hope and Glory: a song, based on the music from Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance, which praises Britain and is often sung on patriotic occasions
Voice of Hope: radio station
While there's life, there's hope: never give up; do not give up too quickly
abandon hope: lose hope, give up
abandon hope of: {f} lose hope, give up
abandoning hope: forsaking expectations
beyond hope: hopeless, lost, a lost cause, beyond help
cape of good hope: a province of western South Africa a point of land in southwestern South Africa (south of Cape Town)
cherish the hope: nurture hope, nurture expectations
entertain a hope: continue hoping, cherish a dream
expressed his hope: made known his expectation of something desired, expressed his wish, manifested longing, made his hope known
false hope: misleading hope, hope that is not real
flash of hope: small ray of hope, small or brief feeling of hope
flicker of hope: sparkle of hope
forlorn hope: a hopeless or desperate enterprise
forlorn hope: desperate or perilous undertaking; vain hope; group of soldiers selected to perform a dangerous mission
foster hope: encourage expectation, sustain faith, foster anticipation
gleam of hope: slight possibility, small chance, ray of hope
had no hope of salvation: lost all hope
has given up hope: has despaired, has lost hope, has given up, has lost heart
has no hope of survival: has no chance of recovery
hoped: past of hope
hopeful: {s} promising, favorable; showing hope; full of hope, optimistic
hopeful: Feeling or inspiring hope
hopeful: presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"
hopeful: Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect
hopeful: Until a candidate has been officially nominated by a party, he is considered a "hopeful"
hopeful: having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem
hopeful: an ambitious and aspiring young person; "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"
hopeful: {i} person who shows promise of future success; one who aspires to a certain office or position, candidate
hopeful: A hopeful action is one that you do in the hope that you will get what you want to get. We've chartered the aircraft in the hopeful anticipation that the government will allow them to leave
hopeful: Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant
hopeful: The companion of Christian after the death of Faithful (Bunyan: Pilgrim's Progress )
hopeful: If you are hopeful, you are fairly confident that something that you want to happen will happen. I am hopeful this misunderstanding will be rectified very quickly + hopefully hope·ful·ly `Am I welcome?' He smiled hopefully, leaning on the door
hopeful: having or manifesting or inspiring hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
hopeful: If you refer to someone as a hopeful, you mean that they are hoping and trying to achieve success in a particular career, election, or competition. His soccer skills continue to be put to good use in his job as football coach to young hopefuls. someone who is hoping to be successful, especially in acting, sports, politics etc
hopeful: If something such as a sign or event is hopeful, it makes you feel that what you want to happen will happen. The result of the election in is yet another hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East
hopefully: You say hopefully when mentioning something that you hope will happen. Some careful speakers of English think that this use of hopefully is not correct, but it is very frequently used. Hopefully, you won't have any problems after reading this
hopefully: In a hopeful manner
hopefully: with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a good position
hopefully: expectantly, with hope, optimistically
hopefully: It is hoped that; I hope; we hope
hopefully: with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a good position"
hopefully: it is hoped; "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"
hopefulness: full of hope
hopefulness: {i} quality of being hopeful; quality of being promising, quality of inspiring hope
hopefulness: The property of being hopeful
hopefulness: the feeling you have when you have hope full of hope
hopefulness: the feeling you have when you have hope
hopeless: certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"
hopeless: Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable
hopeless: of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics"
hopeless: desperate
hopeless: emphasis You use hopeless to emphasize how bad or inadequate something or someone is. Argentina's economic policies were a hopeless mess. + hopelessly hope·less·ly Harry was hopelessly lost
hopeless: Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause
hopeless: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"
hopeless: without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"
hopeless: Someone or something thing that is hopeless is certain to fail or be unsuccessful. I don't believe your situation is as hopeless as you think. If you love each other, you'll work it out
hopeless: Unhoped for; despaired of
hopeless: {s} lost, forlorn, having no hope
hopeless: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic" without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless" of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics
hopeless: If you feel hopeless, you feel very unhappy because there seems to be no possibility of a better situation or success. He had not heard her cry before in this uncontrolled, hopeless way The economic crisis makes jobs almost impossible to find and even able pupils feel hopeless about job prospects. + hopelessly hope·less·ly I looked around hopelessly. + hopelessness hope·less·ness She had a feeling of hopelessness about the future
hopeless: If someone is hopeless at something, they are very bad at it. I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else
hopeless: of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics
hopelessly: in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic"
hopelessly: without hope; desperate because there seems no possibility of comfort or success; "he hung his head hopelessly"; "`I must die,' he said hopelessly"
hopelessly: in a dispirited manner without hope; "the first Mozartian opera to be subjected to this curious treatment ran dispiritedly for five performances"
hopelessly: without hope, desperately
hopelessly: In a manner showing no hope
hopelessly: in a hopeless manner; "the papers were hopelessly jumbled"; "he is hopelessly romantic
hopelessness: {i} lack of hope, despair
hopelessness: the lack of hope; despair
hopelessness: the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
hoper: a person who hopes; "only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now
hoper: a person who hopes; "only an avid hoper could expect the team to win now"
hoper: One who hopes
hoper: {i} optimistic person, person that hopes
hopes: plural of hope
hopes: third-person singular of hope
hoping: present participle of hope
hoping: desiring
inspire hope: arouse expectation, arouse confidence in the future, hearten
lost hope: had no hope left, his expectations were destroyed
major hope: great expectation, major anticipation, great hope
nourish hope: won't give up, keep hope alive
past hope: without hope, in despair
ray of hope: small of encouragement, light at the end of the tunnel
resign all hope: lose all hope, despair
surrender all hope: give up all hope, forego all expectation
there's still hope: there is still reason to hope, all hope is not lost
unrealized hope: hope that has not come true
vain hope: false hope, dream that has no hope of being fulfilled, illusion
where there's life there's hope: there is always hope, there is always a promising future
white hope: someone (or something) expected to achieve great success in a given field; "this company is the great white hope of the nuclear industry's waste management policy