UNPROMISING


Meaning of UNPROMISING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌnprɒmɪsɪŋ ]

If you describe something as unpromising , you think that it is unlikely to be successful or produce anything good in the future.

In fact, his business career had distinctly unpromising beginnings...

Their land looked so unpromising that the colonists eventually gave most of it back.

≠ promising

ADJ

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