effective vs hopeless

effective

adj
  • Actually in effect. 

  • approximate; Not describing the fundamental dynamic changes in some system as they happen. 

  • Efficient, serviceable, or operative, available for useful work. 

  • Having no negative coefficients. 

  • Producing a decided or decisive effect. 

  • Having the power to produce a required effect or effects. 

noun
  • a soldier fit for duty 

hopeless

adj
  • Incurable. 

  • Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate. 

  • Without talent, not skilled. 

  • Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. 

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