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noun

• a state in which all hope is lost or absent

• the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well

verb

• abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart

31%7 Widely aspired
adjective satellite

• much wanted

31%8Aspired to
adjective satellite

• expected hopefully

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