no-win Synonyms

certain to fail anguished vain useless unsuccessful pointless miserable lost losing irremediable irredeemable brokenhearted unworkable not a prayer at end of one's rope beyond hope as useful as tits on a bull beyond repair at the end of your tether unwinnable unattainable counterproductive back to the wall insurmountable ineffective impracticable broken-hearted botched bootless blue bleak barren balked awful anxious aimless bungled catch impossible hopeless helpless futile forlorn desperate cul-de-sac crestfallen cheerless chaffy abortive