絶ぜつ望ぼう視し

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

viewing as hopeless; giving up on

Used when someone judges a situation or person as beyond hope, often with a nuance of abandoning effort or expectation. Commonly used as a noun or with する.

• 彼かれは状じょう況きょうを絶ぜつ望ぼう視しして、何なにも手てを打うたなかった。

  He viewed the situation as hopeless and took no action.

• 医い者しゃは患