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unpromising

[uhn-prom-uh-sing] / ʌnˈprɒm ə sɪŋ /










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Then there was World War II. Given Cooper’s eye injury and poor physique, he made for an unpromising soldier.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 10, 2025

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2025

"We started with a site so unpromising that no-one had ever tried to excavate it - that's very rare in Italy," Dr Alessandro Launaro, the study's author said.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2023

To figure out how to revegetate this unpromising ground, Olympic National Park hired then–36-year-old Chenoweth.

From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2023

Rachel had the driver turn down this unpromising dirt road.

From "The Battle of the Labyrinth" by Rick Riordan




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