Francis Urquhart: Six days to the first ballot. Who are we up against? Tim Stamper: Mackenzie, Earle, Woolton, Samuels, and three no-hopers: Bairsted, Llewellyn-Jones-Rhys, and Bogg.
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No-hoper
Synonyms for "no-hoper"
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Dutch
4 entries- hopeloos geval noun (someone without hope of success)
- hopeloos geval noun (something without hope of success)
- hopeloze zaak noun (something without hope of success)
- kansloze noun (someone without hope of success)
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After 12 successive league wins[…]Charlton were nobbled by the First Division's no-hopers, who profited from a goalkeeping bloomer then held on to their lead for dear life.
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"Brain-dead kids. Born losers. No-hopers the lot of 'em. I mean, as a taxpayer, what do they effin' teach 'em in school these days? I ask you!"
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