unpromising
adjective/ʌnˈprɒmɪsɪŋ/
/ʌnˈprɑːmɪsɪŋ/
- not likely to be successful or show good results opposite promisingTopics Difficulty and failurec2Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnpromising is used with these nouns:
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