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unpromising

[uhn-prom-uh-sing] / ʌnˈprɒm ə sɪŋ /










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This book about adapting ancient poetry in the most unpromising of circumstances explores the fantastic possibilities for connection, for liberation and for violence that can ensue from such reinventions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

It was an unpromising start, and things only got worse from there.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2024

To figure out how to revegetate this unpromising ground, Olympic National Park hired then–36-year-old Chenoweth.

From Science Magazine ● Oct. 18, 2023

From this unpromising site have risen stacks of factory-built steel modules punctuated by little green spaces.

From New York Times ● May 5, 2023

They can lie dormant for centuries and then flower in the most unpromising soil.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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