Sentence examples for hopelessly weak from inspiring English sources

The Afghan government that the West empowered and bankrolls, he said, is hopelessly weak and corrupt.

Rana Plaza had numerous illegal floors built on a hopelessly weak structure.

But when you are dealing with a negotiating partner who seems irreplaceable, your BATNA can seem hopelessly weak.

America can talk about backing Iraqi opposition groups outside the country, but most such groups are hopelessly weak and divided and have little support in Iraq.

It is one of the quirks of political parties that they often elect hopelessly weak leaders because they appear to share their values.

To some, agreements among nations may seem like hopelessly weak weapons against the Osama bin Ladens of the world, who aren't known for consulting international law before acting.

"Are today's young people hopelessly timid, weak, inconsistent?

Nicholas and Alexandra goes too far, I think, in implying that the Tsarevich's illness was a major causative factor in the fall of the Romanovs, but it does seem to have bound the family into a single unit against the world, with a weak, hopelessly beloved child at the center of their orbit.

For the poor, who have benefited from his seven years in power, democracy means social inclusion - not who controls the institutions that in Venezuela have often been either weak or hopelessly corrupt.

By contrast, relatively weak France or hopelessly ramshackle Russia could engage in adventures at will, suffer setbacks, and return to the fray in a few years.

Public services are hopelessly inefficient, Government administration is weak and an enormous budget deficit keeps growing despite pledges from national leaders to bring it under control.