No-hopers

Noun

noun plural form

1. Plural of no-hoper
• 1990, House of Cards (UK TV show), Season 1, Episode 4:Francis Urquhart: Six days to the first ballot. Who are we up against?
  

Tim Stamper: Mackenzie, Earle, Woolton, Samuels, and three no-hopers: Bairsted, Llewellyn-Jones-Rhys, and Bogg.