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Recent Examples of unpropitious
Handing the baton to Harris at this unpropitious time for Democrats is like Napoleon’s handing off his military command to Marshal Ney to conduct the disastrous French retreat from Moscow in 1812, featuring 500,000 French casualties.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Here are a handful of quick Thesaurus pulls to help paint a picture of how the unit played: unpropitious, cataclysmic, demoralizing, execrable.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
The exhausted refugees are greeted by a functionary of the Relief Committee with the unpropitious nickname Statistics Babu.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
That will be an unpropitious setting for launching a network: if the teams are unclear on the goal, the risk of confusion is considerable.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
JoyFish sits in a strip mall in an unpropitious space that has seen several restaurants come and go.
—Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Here are a handful of quick Thesaurus pulls to help paint a picture of how the unit played: unpropitious, cataclysmic, demoralizing, execrable.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
The exhausted refugees are greeted by a functionary of the Relief Committee with the unpropitious nickname Statistics Babu.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
That will be an unpropitious setting for launching a network: if the teams are unclear on the goal, the risk of confusion is considerable.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
JoyFish sits in a strip mall in an unpropitious space that has seen several restaurants come and go.
—Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpropitious
Adjective
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Seeing the unfavorable replies, the mother chimed in.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
14 June 2025
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Across more than a dozen surveys conducted between late January and mid-May 2025, unfavorable ratings consistently outstrip favorable ones—often by double-digit margins.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Australian gold The small town in Australia that’s spreading the story of Vegemite 04:50 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.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
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Yet despite the minimal funding and unpromising history, the search continues to garner both adherents and interest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Aug. 2012
Adjective
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Those who are convinced they’re trapped stay helpless and hopeless.—
Amy Morin,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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In a world where the powerful increasingly act with impunity, taking fictional villains to task makes sense, a form of Hollywood wish fulfillment for those who feel stuck or hopeless.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Los Angeles Times,
11 June 2025
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For three days, things were cheerless for Courtney Williams.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
28 May 2025
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Gomez gestured across the street toward 100 Centre Street—the criminal courthouse, a cheerless Art Deco building the color of cinder blocks.—
Sarah Lustbader,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Philip Gordon, a senior foreign-policy adviser to President Obama and Vice-President Harris, once reflected on the dismal outcomes of recent U.S. military interventions in the Middle East.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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This means another festive contest against a traditional ‘Big Six’ side — 15 of their previous 26 Premier League Christmas fixtures have come against those in that bracket — where Villa will be hoping to turn around their usually dismal festive form.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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The Market’s Still Close To Record Highs Despite the gloomy headlines, here’s some good news: the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 are only about 2-3% below their all-time highs.—
Adam Sarhan,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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Video by McCarty shows the towering vortex, with the rainbow adding a colorful accent to an otherwise gray, gloomy skyline.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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The morbid spectacle spawned podcasts, documentaries and multiple changes to state law.—
Sam Tabachnik,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
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There’s also the morbid curiosity about Brian’s death.—
Tyler Hicks,
Rolling Stone,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons (1932) $9 As a response to the dreary despair of the Industrial Revolution and reflective works by the likes of Charles Dickens, British literature of the early 20th century idealized pastoral, rural life.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
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However, the father of two did just that on Father’s Day, surviving the Oakmont Country Club, one of the most difficult courses on the tour, amid dreary weather and wicked roughs to beat out a field of the world’s best.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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“Unpropitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpropitious. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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