futureless

ˈfjuːtʃərləs

Definition

Definition of futureless - Reverso English Dictionary

Adjective

hopeless

Rare

lacking prospects or hope for the future

Rare

The town felt futureless after the factory closed.

bleak

despairing

hopeless

linguistics

TECH.

describing a language without a future tense

TECH.

Some indigenous languages are futureless.

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Origin of futureless

Latin, futurus (about to be) + -less (without)

Examples of futureless in a sentence

His futureless career left him feeling despondent.
The futureless language lacks verb conjugations for time.
Linguists study futureless languages for their unique structures.

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French:sans avenir, sans futur, ...
German:hoffnungslos, ohne Zukunftsform, ...
Italian:senza futuro, priva di futuro, ...
Spanish:sin futuro, ...
Portuguese:sem futuro, atemporal, ...
Chinese:没有未来的, 无将来时态的, ...
Japanese:将来性がない, 未来形がない, ...
Arabic:بلا مستقبل, بِلا زَمَن مُستَقبَل, ...
Hebrew:חֲסַר תִּקְוָה לָעָתִיד, חֲסַר עָתִיד, ...
Russian:безперспективный, без будущего времени, ...
Ukrainian:безперспективний, безмайбутній, ...
Hindi:निराशाजनक, भविष्यविहीन, ...
Bengali:নিরাশ, ভবিষ্যৎ কালবিহীন, ...
Catalan:sense futur, ...
Czech:beznadějný, bezbudoucnostní, ...
Danish:håbløs, uden fremtid, ...
Dutch:hopeloos, ...
Greek:χωρίς μέλλον, χωρίς μέλλοντα, ...
Hungarian:kilátástalan, jövőidő nélküli, ...
Khmer:គ្មានអនាគត, គ្មានកាលអនាគត, ...
Korean:희망이 없는, 미래 시제가 없는, ...
Persian:بی‌آینده, بدون زمان آینده, ...
Polish:bez przyszłości, bezczasowy, ...
Portuguese (BR):sem futuro, sem tempo futuro, ...
Romanian:fără viitor, atemporal, ...
Swedish:hopplös, utan futurum, ...
Thai:สิ้นหวัง, ที่ไม่มีรูปกาลอนาคต, ...
Turkish:umutsuz, gelecek zamansız, ...
Vietnamese:vô vọng, không có thì tương lai, ...

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