1. unpromising - Adjective
2. unpromising - Verb
3. unpromising - Adjective Satellite
unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment
Source: WordNetWhat is becoming more interesting than the myths themselves has been the study of how the myths were constructed from sparse or unpromising facts indeed, sometimes from no facts in a kind of mute conspiracy of longing, very rarely under anybody's conscious control. Arthur C. Clarke
Books are like seeds. They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil. Carl Sagan
Joy is a mystery because it can happen anywhere, anytime, even under the most unpromising circumstances, even in the midst of suffering, with tears in its eyes.... Frederick Buechner
I am convinced that nuclear weapons are useless and unpromising as an instrument of State policy. It is necessary to do everything possible to make sure that in the new millennium mankind gets rid once and for all of the fear of devastating nuclear disaster. Leonid Kuchma
If there's a stack [of novels to review], the unpromising stuff goes at the top and the promising stuff goes at the bottom. That way, I am eager to finish Overwrought Romantic Mary Sue Fantasy because I know that will let me read Niche Product That Only the Author, James and Some Guy at JPL Likes. James Nicoll
faced an unpromising task Source: Internet