archaeologist (noun) archaeologist: student of the physical remains of ancient cultures or eras
Sinonime: at end of one's rope, back to the wall, can't win, dead duck,
despairing,
despondent, desponding, downcast, forlorn,
futile,
gone*, goner, hard up, in the soup, in the toilet, inconsolable, irrecoverable, irremediable, irretrievable, no-chance, no-way, no-win, running out of time, sad, sunk, up against it, up the creek,
useless,
vain, wretched
Antonime: hopeful