Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not likely to develop in a desirable manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not promising; not affording a favorable prospect of success, of excellence, of profit, of interest, etc.; not looking as if likely to turn out well: as, an unpromising youth; an unpromising season.
- Synonyms Inauspicious, unpropitious, unfavorable, untoward.
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- adjective Not
promising
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment
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Examples
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Sir Joshua says above, that even "unpromising" subjects may be thus treated.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843
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In this kind of unpromising context, the Industry Interface is a big step.
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Exactly the kind of unpromising non-answer that the local bureaucracy excells at.
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Exactly the kind of unpromising non-answer that the local bureaucracy excells at.
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Exactly the kind of unpromising non-answer that the local bureaucracy excells at.
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Exactly the kind of unpromising non-answer that the local bureaucracy excells at.
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Exactly the kind of unpromising non-answer that the local bureaucracy excells at.
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Exactly the kind of unpromising non-answer that the local bureaucracy excells at.
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Exactly the kind of unpromising non-answer that the local bureaucracy excells at.
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Critics also included officials in the White House, which shared many of the antipoverty goals of the campaign, but worried about what one official called its “unpromising circumstances.”
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