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unpromising
adjective as in bleak
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adjective as in dim
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adjective as in ill
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- acrimonious
- adverse
- antagonistic
- cantankerous
- damaging
- deleterious
- detrimental
- disrespectful
- disturbing
- harmful
- harsh
- hateful
- hurtful
- ill-mannered
- impertinent
- inauspicious
- inimical
- iniquitous
- injurious
- malevolent
- malicious
- nocent
- nocuous
- noxious
- ominous
- ruinous
- sinister
- sullen
- surly
- threatening
- unfavorable
- unfriendly
- ungracious
- unhealthy
- unkind
- unlucky
- unpropitious
- unwholesome
- vile
- wicked
adjective as in inauspicious
adjective as in ominous
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adjective as in unadvantageous
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- adverse
- antagonistic
- calamitous
- contrary
- damaging
- destructive
- disadvantageous
- discommodious
- hostile
- ill
- ill-advised
- improper
- inadvisable
- inauspicious
- inconvenient
- inexpedient
- infelicitous
- inimical
- inopportune
- late
- low
- malapropos
- negative
- objectionable
- ominous
- opposed
- poor
- regrettable
- tardy
- threatening
- troublesome
- unfit
- unfortunate
- unfriendly
- unlucky
- unpropitious
- unsatisfactory
- unseasonable
- unseemly
- unsuited
- untimely
- untoward
- wrong
adjective as in unfavorable
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adjective as in unfit
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Example Sentences
The GOP tax bill’s modest reforms to student loans might reduce the incentive for young people to pursue unpromising graduate degrees.
Electoral displacement is also unpromising given that the official opposition is split on tactics, faces daily repression, and Maduro has repeatedly signaled he will not accept a loss – even if he loses.
Then there was World War II. Given Cooper’s eye injury and poor physique, he made for an unpromising soldier.
The port of L.A. has come far from its unpromising beginnings.
It was an unpromising start, and things only got worse from there.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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