no-hoper

Someone or something that has no hope of success.

Japanese Meaning

成功の見込みがなく、期待が持てない人や物事を指す。 / 絶望的な状況にある、希望のない者

Everyone wrote off the old startup as a no-hoper, but the founders refused to give up.

誰もその古いスタートアップを見込みのない存在だと見なしたが、創業者たちは諦めなかった。

Sense（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.

no-hopers

（ plural ）