"Desperate" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
Hopeless; worthless. This term is used ln inventories and sched-ules of assets, particularly by executors, etc., to describe debts or claims which are con-sidered Impossible or hopeless of collection. See Schultz v. Pulver, 11 wend. (N. Y.) 365
One desperate or hopeless.
Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous; -- used to mark the
extreme predominance of a bad quality.
Proceeding from, or suggested by, despair; without
regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious; as, a desperate effort.
Without hope; given to despair; hopeless.
Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous;
irretrievable; past cure, or, at least, extremely dangerous; as, a
desperate disease; desperate fortune.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury.
Read the complete definitionDestitute; helpless; in pitiful plight; wretched; miserable; almost hopeless; desperate.
Read the complete definitionGiving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
Read the complete definitionAccustomed to, or employed in, desperate enterprises; hence, reckless; hopeless.
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