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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

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

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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