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un·prom·is·ing [ʌnˈprɒmɪsɪŋ, Am -ˈprɑ:mə-] ADJ

unpromising (bad)

nicht sehr viel versprechend

unpromising (promising success)

nicht gerade aussichtsreich

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But an unpromising start again disappointed most fans and caused farther upset and conflict left from the previous season. en.wikipedia.org

These were abandoned as unpromising. en.wikipedia.org

Here he built a farmhouse thatched with local reed and set to work to make this most unpromising soil productive. en.wikipedia.org

Huge stretches of swamp come close up to the town on all sides, the most dreary and unpromising being that on the north. en.wikipedia.org

As a place for a lovers' tryst it seems unpromising. en.wikipedia.org

She told him she was optimistic for change when she campaigned for him and that now she feels her future is bleak and unpromising. www.dailymail.co.uk

On the face of it, the nonprofit route might sound unpromising. www.niemanlab.org

He usually works on many questions simultaneously and moves quickly to reject unpromising avenues of research. en.wikipedia.org

In places where the building conditions were especially unpromising, iron bridges were created. en.wikipedia.org

While demonstrably able to fly as a person-carrying kite, it seemed unpromising as a direction for research into powered flight. en.wikipedia.org

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