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Unpromising synonyms
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discouraging
That discourages; disheartening; depressing
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  1. That discourages; disheartening; depressing
  2. That causes discouragement
unfavorable
Having or showing opposition; adverse:
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  1. Having or showing opposition; adverse:
  2. Disadvantageous, adverse, unsuitable, inconducive; serving to hinder or oppose.
  3. Adverse, contrary, or disadvantageous
adverse
Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
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  1. Moving in an opposite or opposing direction:
  2. Acting or serving to oppose; antagonistic:
  3. Contrary to one's interests or welfare; harmful or unfavorable:
Find another word for unpromising. In this page you can discover 5 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for unpromising, like: discouraging, unfavorable, adverse, negative and unlikely.

Sentence Examples

  • After an unpromising beginning and parliamentary threats to revoke its charter, the company became hugely profitable.

  • On the other hand, it is generally the case that even in the most unpromising inn the bedding is clean.

  • It is unnecessary to follow out the history of these somewhat unpromising attempts.

  • The beginning of his reign was not unpromising; but all too soon that nepotism began which attained its height under this Spanish pope, and dominated his whole pontificate.

  • Its total membership is under ioo,000, and it has some 350 missionaries, labouring in the most unpromising fields - Greenland, Labrador, Alaska, Central America, Tibet, and among the Hottentots.

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