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From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  unpromising
       adj : appearing to be unlikely to result favorably or be
             enjoyable; "faced an unpromising task"; "music for
             unpromising combinations of instruments"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  unpromising
     a.
     Not promising
     vb.
     (present participle of en unpromise)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  unpromising
     a.
     Not promising
     vb.
     (present participle of en unpromise)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  unpromising
     a.
     Not promising
     vb.
     (present participle of en unpromise)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  unpromising
     a.
     Not promising
     vb.
     (present participle of en unpromise)

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Unpromising /ʌnpɹˈɒmɪsɪŋ/
  غير مرجو النجاح

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  unpromising /ʌnpɹˈɒmɪsɪŋ/
  málo slibný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]


  unpromising /ʌnpɹˈɒmɪsɪŋ/
  nicht sehr vielversprechend, wenig vielversprechend, wenig verheißungsvoll  [geh.]
        "the unpromising results"  - die nicht sehr vielversprechenden Ergebnisse
     Synonym: inauspicious

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]


  unpromising /ʌnpɹˈɒmɪsɪŋ/
  bezizgledan

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-nor ]


  unpromising /ʌnpɹˈɒmɪsɪŋ/ 
  lite lovende
  not promising

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]


  unpromising /ʌnpɹˈɒmɪsɪŋ/
  1. ümit vermeyen, ümitsiz.

From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]

/ənˈpɹɔmɪsɪŋ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]


  49 Moby Thesaurus words for "unpromising":
     adverse, apocalyptic, bad, baleful, baneful, black, bodeful,
     boding, dark, dire, doomful, doubtable, doubtful, dreary, dubious,
     dubitable, evil, evil-starred, fateful, foreboding, gloomy,
     hardly possible, hopeless, ill, ill-boding, ill-fated, ill-omened,
     ill-starred, implausible, improbable, inauspicious, incredible,
     lowering, menacing, more than doubtful, of evil portent, ominous,
     portending, portentous, questionable, sinister, somber,
     threatening, unfavorable, unfortunate, unlikely, unlucky,
     unpropitious, untoward

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]


     a. 差劲的;无前途的

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