unpromising

1. 1.

   unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment

   “faced an unpromising task”

   “music for unpromising combinations of instruments”

   Similarinauspicious

Questions about unpromising

What does unpromising mean?

unpromising means "unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment".

How many syllables are in unpromising?

unpromising has 4 syllables: un-pro-mi-sing. The stress falls on "pro". In IPA it is /ənˈpɹɔmɪsɪŋ/.

Is unpromising a common word?

unpromising is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.