unpromising
adjective
unlikely to be favorable or successful, as the weather, a situation, or a career.
unpromisingly
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a word derived from
unpromising.
Example Sentences
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But it’s too striking a shot to dismiss as self-conscious or unpromisingly stern.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 12, 2024
They became stranded at a stream called Cooper's Creek, having found no way to carry enough water to cross a stretch of desert to the nearest colonial outpost at the unpromisingly named Mount Hopeless.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2019
He immediately launched his plan for a show that he wanted to call, unpromisingly enough, “Modern Architecture: International Exhibition,” in which he would display the latest advances of European and American modernist architecture.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 12, 2018
Their first, the unpromisingly named SS Mademoiselle, collapsed because their singer only wanted to practise one day a week.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2016
Perhaps the most unpromisingly decorous house in the Park was christened “The Nook,” with that appalling lack of humour which is nowhere portrayed more strikingly than in the naming of suburban residences.
From Flaming June by A. Gilbert
