futureless

[ fyoo-cher-lis ]

adjective

1. without a future; having no prospect of future betterment or prosperity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of futureless¹

First recorded in 1860–65; future + -less

Example Sentences

It’s a film that fails to ask what might it mean, narratively, to revive our dead, only to have them live — soullessly — in this futureless state.

From Los Angeles Times

It is our sad fate that it has to happen again today and so into the futureless future.

From The Guardian

At 15, homeless, using heroin and in a gang, I was lost, enraged, futureless.

From New York Times

Environmentalists also see oil as futureless and unnecessary.

From The Guardian

They never had to decide how long to stick with a futureless sport.

From New York Times