unpromising
Example Sentences
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At this early stage, however, it can be said that the D.C. budget process is off to an unpromising start.
From Washington Post
The tour got off to an unpromising start when two of Swansea's three planes were diverted to Prague because of storms.
From BBC
The surprise proposal came days before the thanksgiving holiday of Chuseok, but prospects remain unpromising, given testy cross-border ties, with the North racing to beef up its weapons arsenals.
From Reuters
For a gaslighting thriller about suburban malaise and retrograde gender politics, it’s not an unpromising setup.
From Los Angeles Times
Short recounts Putin’s hardscrabble childhood in postwar Leningrad, his indifferent academic record, and the German and martial arts teachers who saved him from an unpromising future.
From Washington Post
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