Failed and Hopeless

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Hopeless and failed are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hopeless" instead an adjective "Failed".

Nearby Words: fail, failure, failing

Hopeless adjective - Not capable of being cured or reformed.

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Failed and hopeless are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Failed" instead an adjective "Hopeless".

Nearby Words: hope, hopeful, hopelessness, hopelessly

Having failed to convince Tenchi to abandon Ayeka to her fate and run away with her instead of heading into a seemingly hopeless battle with Kagato, Ryoko dedicates herself to making sure Tenchi arrives there alive.

Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Anime and Manga
After the Azai failed to decisively defeat the Oda, Nobunaga besieged Odani Castle in revenge and both Nagamasa and Hisamasa committed seppuku rather than fight a hopeless battle against the superior Oda forces, widowing Oichi, Nagamasa's wife and Nobunaga's sister.

Source: Seppuku
Cynicism: It sits somewhere in the middle-while terrible things have happened, terrors roam the land, life isn't hopeless nor pointless and people have and can change the world-and can and have failed to do so.

Source: Fanfic / Goddess Reborn Chronicle

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