Green’s Dictionary of Slang

of a person or place, hopeless, useless, unsuccessful.

1989		B. Bryson Lost Continent 11: [S]ome no-hope hamlet with a name like Draino, Indiana, or Tapwater, Missouri.
1999		Guardian Guide 14–20 Aug. 17: A pair of no-hope teenagers.
2000		M. Dibdin Thanksgiving 96: One of her no-hope sons went into the service.