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Noun: forlorn hope  for'lorn howp
Usage: archaic
  1. A hopeless or desperate enterprise
    "Attacking the fortress was considered a forlorn hope"

Derived forms: forlorn hopes

Type of: endeavor [US], endeavour [Brit, Cdn], enterprise

Encyclopedia: Forlorn hope