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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 port of L.A. has come far from its unpromising beginnings.
It was an unpromising start, and things only got worse from there.
But it’s too striking a shot to dismiss as self-conscious or unpromisingly stern.
The talks must now sputter on in that unpromising spirit — toward the brink of an unprecedented federal default, and perhaps beyond.
From this unpromising site have risen stacks of factory-built steel modules punctuated by little green spaces.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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