Unpromising
[ʌn'prɒmɪsɪŋ] or [ʌn'prɑmɪsɪŋ]
Definition
(adj.) unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; 'faced an unpromising task'; 'music for unpromising combinations of instruments' .
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Inauspicious, unpropitious, unfavorable, unlucky, untoward, ill-omened, not encouraging, not promising.
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Definition
adj. not promising or affording a good prospect of success &c.—v.t. Unprom′ise to revoke a promise.—adj. Unprom′ised not promised.
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Examples
- Agnes said she was afraid I must have given her an unpromising character; but Dora corrected that directly. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Miserly too, my dear; which is far the most unpromising for us. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sydney Carton, idlest and most unpromising of men, was Stryver's great ally. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- There was, at times, a want of spirits about him which, if it did not denote indifference, spoke of something almost as unpromising. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- To diminish the number of those who are capable of paying it, is surely a most unpromising expedient for encouraging the cultivation of corn. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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