Unpromising

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Unpromising \Unpromising\
     See {promising}.

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

  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