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Definitions for unpromising
ʌnˈprɒm ə sɪŋun·promis·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
unpromisingadjective
unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment
"faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"
Wiktionary
unpromisingadjective
Not promising
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unpromisingadjective
Giving no promise of excellence; having no appearance of value.
If he be naturally listless and dreaming, this unpromising disposition is none of the easiest to be dealt with. John Locke.
An attempt as difficult and unpromising of success, as if he should make the essay, to produce some new kinds of animals out of such senseless materials. Richard Bentley.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unpromising
un-prom′i-sing, adj. not promising or affording a good prospect of success, &c.—v.t. Unprom′ise, to revoke a promise.—adj. Unprom′ised, not promised.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unpromising in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unpromising in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of unpromising in a Sentence
We did not expect to see so many individuals having a signal that shows they did not [ live ] near Stonehenge in the last decade or so of their life, to me the really remarkable thing about our study is the ability of new developments in archaeological science to extract so much new information from such small and unpromising fragments of burnt bone.
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