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unpromising

[uhn-prom-uh-sing] / ʌnˈprɒm ə sɪŋ /










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Beauty lives in the most unexpected places, grows from the most unpromising soils.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

The port of L.A. has come far from its unpromising beginnings.

From Los Angeles Times May 24, 2025

It was an unpromising start, and things only got worse from there.

From BBC Nov. 2, 2024

From this unpromising site have risen stacks of factory-built steel modules punctuated by little green spaces.

From New York Times May 5, 2023

Billy and the Maori dug into the inert, unpromising gravel of the moon.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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