1) Dead ducks 2) Doomed ones 3) Hopeless cases 4) Hopeless causes 5) Lame ducks 6) Lost causes 7) Luckless ones 8) Ones with no hope 9) Sure losers 10) Their chances are nil 11) They are doomed 12) They have no chance 13) Things beyond help, slang 14) Things past saving, slang 15) Those who are doomed 1) Lost causes