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unpromising

[uhn-prom-uh-sing] / ʌnˈprɒm ə sɪŋ /










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But the bank said that many simple AI tools can be deployed with beneficial results even in apparently unpromising environments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

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

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

The tour got off to an unpromising start when two of Swansea's three planes were diverted to Prague because of storms.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2023

But such unpromising places often harbored among the rarest plants and beetles, von der Lippe says.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 2, 2022

They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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