| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | abortive | failing to achieve its purpose |
| 2. | abysmal | extremely bad and discouraging |
| 3. | adrift | without direction or support |
| 4. | at sea | confused and without direction |
| 5. | awful | very bad and discouraging |
| 6. | beaten | defeated and discouraged |
| 7. | beyond help | unable to be improved |
| 8. | beyond repair | unable to be fixed |
| 9. | beyond saving | unable to be rescued |
| 10. | bleak | offering little or no hope |
| 11. | blocked | prevented from moving forward |
| 12. | broken | damaged and not fixable |
| 13. | checked | stopped or held back |
| 14. | cornered | trapped with no good options |
| 15. | crestfallen | disappointed and discouraged |
| 16. | crippled | badly weakened or impaired |
| 17. | critical | dangerously serious or unstable |
| 18. | dark | gloomy and discouraging |
| 19. | defeated | overcome and without confidence |
| 20. | desperate | without hope or likely success |
| 21. | dire | extremely serious and without hope |
| 22. | discouraging | making success seem unlikely |
| 23. | dismal | gloomy and lacking hope |
| 24. | done for | certain to fail or die |
| 25. | doomed | certain to fail or suffer |
| 26. | down-and-out | without resources or prospects |
| 27. | fatal | leading to failure or ruin |
| 28. | fatalistic | accepting failure as unavoidable |
| 29. | finished | ruined or at an end |
| 30. | foiled | stopped from succeeding |
| 31. | forlorn | pitifully sad and without hope |
| 32. | fraught | full of likely trouble |
| 33. | fruitless | producing no useful result |
| 34. | futile | incapable of producing a result |
| 35. | gloomy | dark and without much hope |
| 36. | glum | quietly gloomy and discouraged |
| 37. | gone | lost or beyond recovery |
| 38. | grim | harsh and lacking encouragement |
| 39. | hamstrung | severely limited from acting |
| 40. | hazardous | risky and dangerous |
| 41. | heartbreaking | causing deep sadness and despair |
| 42. | helpless | unable to improve the situation |
| 43. | hollow | without substance or promise |
| 44. | impossible | unable to be done |
| 45. | impracticable | not feasible in practice |
| 46. | in a bind | in a difficult situation |
| 47. | in deep water | in serious trouble |
| 48. | incurable | unable to be cured or fixed |
| 49. | infeasible | not possible to carry out |
| 50. | insoluble | impossible to solve |
| 51. | irredeemable | beyond saving or improvement |
| 52. | kaput | broken and no longer working |
| 53. | long-shot | very unlikely to succeed |
| 54. | lost | beyond recovery or rescue |
| 55. | marooned | left isolated without escape |
| 56. | miserable | very unhappy and bleak |
| 57. | out of luck | having no favorable chance |
| 58. | outclassed | clearly inferior and unlikely |
| 59. | outmatched | not strong enough to win |
| 60. | overmatched | facing impossible odds |
| 61. | overwhelmed | overpowered by difficulties |
| 62. | paralyzed | unable to act or proceed |
| 63. | past cure | too advanced to cure |
| 64. | past help | too far gone to help |
| 65. | past saving | too far gone to save |
| 66. | pathetic | pitifully inadequate or ineffective |
| 67. | perilous | full of danger and risk |
| 68. | pointless | having no purpose or chance |
| 69. | precarious | dangerously likely to fail |
| 70. | remote | very unlikely to happen |
| 71. | resigned | accepting failure without resistance |
| 72. | risky | likely to end badly |
| 73. | rudderless | without guidance or direction |
| 74. | ruined | destroyed or beyond repair |
| 75. | shaky | weak and likely to fail |
| 76. | snookered | put in an impossible position |
| 77. | stillborn | failing before it can begin |
| 78. | stranded | left stuck without help |
| 79. | stuck | unable to move forward |
| 80. | stymied | blocked from making progress |
| 81. | sunk | ruined with no way out |
| 82. | terminal | ending fatally or beyond recovery |
| 83. | terrible | extremely bad or grim |
| 84. | through | finished and beyond recovery |
| 85. | thwarted | prevented from succeeding |
| 86. | tragic | sadly disastrous and beyond remedy |
| 87. | trapped | unable to escape difficulty |
| 88. | unfixable | not able to be fixed |
| 89. | unpromising | not likely to succeed |
| 90. | unsalvageable | unable to be saved or repaired |
| 91. | unsolvable | impossible to solve successfully |
| 92. | untenable | unable to be maintained or defended |
| 93. | unviable | not capable of succeeding |
| 94. | unworkable | not practical or workable |
| 95. | useless | not able to help or work |
| 96. | vain | producing no useful result |
| 97. | washed up | finished and no longer viable |
| 98. | woebegone | showing great sadness and despair |
| 99. | wrecked | badly damaged or ruined |
| 100. | wretched | very bad and miserable |