No person who can perform routine tasks or whose attention can be attracted and fixed should feel despair or be considered hopeless.

Pain that was once considered hopeless is now manageable.

What was once considered hopeless is now showing signs of promise.

His case was considered hopeless.

That suggests a powerful lesson: No just cause need be considered hopeless once civilized states mobilize in its behalf.

And the pursuit could no longer be considered hopeless.

As his canvass went on it was generally recognised that the seat which had been considered hopeless was now doubtful.

My rescue from this kind of existence I considered quite hopeless, and abandoned, as such, altogether.

Nor would Vanbrugh sacrifice personnel on a mission he himself considered hopeless.

Needless to say, recovering trace evidence from around the vehicle is also considered hopeless.