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no-hoper

no-hoper noun: someone or something that has no hope of success.

Noun

no-hoper (plural no-hopers)

  1. Someone or something that has no hope of success.
    • 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.1990, House of Cards, season 1, episode 4
    • 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.2000 March 12, Stuart Barnes, “Swindon stunner for Curbishley”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of no-hoper

pluralno-hopers

Origin of no-hoper

From no + hope + -er.

Questions about no-hoper

What does no-hoper mean?
No-hoper means someone or something that has no hope of success.
What part of speech is no-hoper?
No-hoper is a noun.
What is the plural of no-hoper?
The plural of no-hoper is no-hopers.

Words near no-hoper in the dictionary

  1. no-hit wonders
  2. no-hitter
  3. no-hitters
  4. no-ho
  5. no-holds-barred
  6. no-hoper
  7. no-hopers
  8. no-hos
  9. no-host
  10. no-issue
  11. no-jump

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