no-hoper

noun

no-hop·​er ˈnō-ˈhō-pər How to pronounce no-hoper (audio)
chiefly British
: one that has no chance of success

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Shaun is a no-hoper, content with his job at an electronics store and nights at the Winchester Pub with girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) and best mate Ed (Nick Frost). Ray Bennett, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024 If no-hoper perennial candidates like Eric Early and James Bradley can pull enough votes from Garvey, that opens a path to the top-two for Porter or Lee. The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2024 Democrats have, in recent years, demonstrated the tendency to dream a little too big and pile untold sums of campaign cash in the coffers of a litany of no-hopers. Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 4 Nov. 2023 That baggy, shambling gang of tuneless no-hopers swept along on the glassy-eyed tide of post-acid house euphoria? Jonathan Bernstein, SPIN, 7 June 2023

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1943, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of no-hoper was circa 1943

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“No-hoper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-hoper. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.

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