unpromising
pronunciation
How to pronounce unpromising in British English:
UK [ʌnˈprɒmɪsɪŋ]
How to pronounce unpromising in American English:
US [ʌnˈprɑmɪsɪŋ]
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- Adjective:
- appearing to be unlikely to result favorably or be enjoyable
Word Origin
- unpromising (adj.)
- 1660s, from un- (1) "not" + promising (adj.).
Example
- 1. Avoid unpromising work assignments by feigning illness .
- 2. Why protect something so unpromising ?
- 3. It is not unpromising product , just higher iodine content .
- 4. Faced an unpromising task ; music for unpromising combinations of instruments .
- 5. The much weaker lehman european and asian franchises are an unpromising platform on which to build from scratch a presence in the competitive u. s.market .