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as in unfavorable
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as in irreparable
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Recent Examples of unpromising
The military intelligence agency, HUR, in particular, was seen as an unpromising candidate for collaboration.
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Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
With an aging global population, rates of Alzheimer’s disease on the rise, high costs of care for those with dementia, and an unpromising landscape for effective drugs, questions of how to prevent or slow progression of the disease are important for all of us—not just taxi drivers.
—Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
The hype for this year’s outing was undermined by what looked to be an unpromising matchup; at 6-5, Michigan was a 20.5-point underdog heading into its road trip to No. 2 Ohio State (10-1).
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Yet despite the minimal funding and unpromising history, the search continues to garner both adherents and interest.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpromising
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Just remember that Joe Biden’s administration had four years to open the files and disclose any possible news unfavorable to the Republicans.—
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While 48% of the respondents who had heard of Talarico viewed him positively and 18% viewed him negatively, 48% of respondents familiar with Crockett had an unfavorable impression compared with the 40% who viewed her positively.—
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The lung damage caused by pulmonary fibrosis is irreparable, and medicine, therapy and lung transplants are options for treatment.—
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However, seeing him in a Yankees uniform would do irreparable damage to his legacy with the Blue Jays.—
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This season had an inauspicious start, as the Bobcats lost their first two games.—
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This is a telling, inauspicious equivalence.—
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Merriam-Webster defines it as the description of someone or something in a state of possibly irreversible misfortune and hardship.—
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This not only triggers power struggles and deep psychological shifts, but there could also be irreversible decisions around control, freedom and dynamics within our society.—
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Public systems can be somewhat risk adverse.—
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Nekrasov said adverse weather conditions also left parts of several other regions without power, including Chernihiv, Kyiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Zakarpattia.—
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The investigations and any response in this case by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are ongoing (read: pathetically slow and unencouraging).—
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Did Middle Tennessee State expose Miami’s uncorrectable problems?—
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Yes, there are some uncorrectable changes, but those changes aren’t currently causing any problems for the James Webb team.—
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“Unpromising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpromising. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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