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as in irreparable
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Vegemite, an Australian delicacy with the unpromising base material of leftover brewers’ yeast, is so loved in the country there’s even a museum dedicated to it.
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
The military intelligence agency, HUR, in particular, was seen as an unpromising candidate for collaboration.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
With an aging global population, rates of Alzheimer’s disease on the rise, high costs of care for those with dementia, and an unpromising landscape for effective drugs, questions of how to prevent or slow progression of the disease are important for all of us—not just taxi drivers.
—Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Yet despite the minimal funding and unpromising history, the search continues to garner both adherents and interest.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2012
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Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 20 Feb. 2025
The military intelligence agency, HUR, in particular, was seen as an unpromising candidate for collaboration.
—Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
With an aging global population, rates of Alzheimer’s disease on the rise, high costs of care for those with dementia, and an unpromising landscape for effective drugs, questions of how to prevent or slow progression of the disease are important for all of us—not just taxi drivers.
—Christopher M. Worsham, TIME, 14 Jan. 2025
Yet despite the minimal funding and unpromising history, the search continues to garner both adherents and interest.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Aug. 2012
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpromising
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El Nino conditions often suppress activity during the Atlantic hurricane season by producing unfavorable atmospheric winds.—
Dan Peck,
ABC News,
14 Mar. 2026
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But the plain facts of the situation are obviously unfavorable to American interests.—
Phillips Payson O’Brien,
The Atlantic,
13 Mar. 2026
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One gets the impression that Jordan has never been invited to join in locker-room talk in his life and that this has done irreparable damage to his psyche.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Vulture,
12 Mar. 2026
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Because making contact at this point runs the risk of scratching the sensor and doing irreparable damage.—
Jacob Little,
Space.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Dabrowski had an inauspicious launch of his campaign in September, speaking for less than nine minutes in front of his home and taking no questions from reporters.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Still, Mpoyi’s swift emergence came amid a rather inauspicious beginning to his journey.—
Diamond Leung,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2026
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The damage done to the North African country’s records of cultural heritage could be horribly destructive and irreversible, warned a call for solidarity released in 2023 by the International Council of Museums.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
17 Mar. 2026
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In the 1960s, Thalidomide, a drug marketed for morning sickness, left children around the world with irreversible birth defects; the United States avoided such a fate thanks to the FDA’s oversight.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
16 Mar. 2026
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Honeycutt noted that the executive order came just days before the House Agriculture Committee was considering a five-year farm bill that would shield manufacturers from litigation related to adverse health impacts when the chemicals are used in accordance with federal law.—
Swapna Venugopal Ramaswamy,
USA Today,
14 Mar. 2026
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Short-term exposure by inhalation can cause headaches, dizziness, nausea, fatigue respiratory irritation and other adverse health effects, according to the federal Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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The investigations and any response in this case by FIFA and the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) are ongoing (read: pathetically slow and unencouraging).—
Shireen Ahmed,
Time,
5 June 2019
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Did Middle Tennessee State expose Miami’s uncorrectable problems?—
Keven Lerner,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Oct. 2022
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Yes, there are some uncorrectable changes, but those changes aren’t currently causing any problems for the James Webb team.—
Joshua Hawkins,
BGR,
21 July 2022
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“Unpromising.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpromising. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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