单词	unpromising
释义	unpromising adjective un·​prom·​is·​ing ˌən-ˈprä-mə-siŋ  : appearing unlikely to prove worthwhile or result favorably an unpromising beginning unpromisingly ˌən-ˈprä-mə-siŋ-lē  adverb Example Sentences Things got off to an unpromising start. She can do a lot with unpromising material. Recent Examples on the Web 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. Angela Stent, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 The macro-level picture is also unpromising – the entire Chinese economy is slowing down (or worse). George Calhoun, Forbes, 1 June 2022 For the teenagers who don’t manage to excel at academics, despite their obvious intelligence and wit, the years ahead may not just be unpromising, but a virtual and never-ending prison. Charles Isherwood, WSJ, 19 May 2022 The premise of Ellyn Gaydos’s debut memoir Pig Years (Knopf, $27) may seem unpromising, at least to urbanites. Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022 Climate refugees may provoke social upheaval but seem unpromising replacements for the revolutionary subject of the proletariat. Thomas Meaney, The New Republic, 30 Mar. 2022 Search has been dominated by a single player for so long (Google) that it is often seen as an unpromising or even irrelevant category for startups. Rob Toews, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2022 The deprivation felt in a swing state like Nevada, which is home to a key Senate race this year, and across the nation reflects the unpromising environment for Democrats trying to maintain control of Congress. Maeve Reston And Stephen Collinson, CNN, 13 Jan. 2022 Only Boris Johnson could take such unpromising material and turn it to his advantage. Rosa Prince, CNN, 1 Feb. 2022 See More Word History First Known Use 1640, in the meaning defined above unpromising adjective 1 as in inauspicious Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance inauspicious unfavorable adverse luckless hapless unhappy disastrous unfortunate calamitous untoward unlucky ill ill-starred catastrophic jinxed ill-fated tragic snakebit hard-luck doomed snakebitten star-crossed damned accursed tragical accurst Antonyms & Near Antonyms happy fortunate lucky promising favorable privileged favored gifted fair golden propitious auspicious blessed blest See More 2 as in irreparable Synonyms & Similar Words irreparable irreversible unencouraging uncorrectable hopeless unreformed impenitent incorrigible unrepentant unregenerate incurable irremediable irretrievable irredeemable irrecoverable unredeemable unrecoverable irreformable Antonyms & Near Antonyms promising remediable recoverable curable redeemable retrievable reversible encouraging reclaimable reformable regretful rueful sorry savable saveable remorseful penitent repentant salvageable correctable rectifiable reparable repairable fixable salvable See More
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