unpromising

adjective
🔊/ʌnˈprɒmɪsɪŋ/
🔊/ʌnˈprɑːmɪsɪŋ/
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  1. not likely to be successful or show good results不乐观的;难有好结果的 opposite promisingTopics Difficulty and failurec2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryUnpromising is used with these nouns:
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