unpromising

Perhaps we could talk our way into something less unpromising.

It was the most unpromising night I had ever seen.

Indeed he could, though at first the signs seemed unpromising.

But the unpromising outside only makes the inside more magical.

Our way lay up through there and it looked unpromising.

I heard unpromising reports about this show when it was in Paris.

There was a long silence, during which he decided to leave this unpromising subject.

Even in the most unpromising spots, there is always eating to be done.

But look what was happening to Western music during those violent and unpromising years.

It was a very junior position with an unpromising assignment.

Even when the physical plant is unpromising, a soothing effect can be created.

Walton worked an 18-hour day, but to begin with his enterprise looked unpromising.

The rest of the room was just as unpromising.

But the candidate and his advisers made an unpromising situation worse.

She decided to keep an open mind, though many things seemed quite unpromising as amusements.

It was an unpromising sort of will, he thought.

The river had flowed for miles between its black, unpromising shores.

Moreover, the promised land of three years ago now looks unpromising to foreign investors.

A trial off along the latter having a unpromising appearance was soon stopped.

Joan had an eye which knew what to do with apparently unpromising houses.

Despite these rather unpromising circumstances, he was fairly certain they'd have gotten away.

She says the process proves that a good piece can result from unpromising beginnings.

They could have been a couple of unpromising applicants for a minor domestic job.

Somehow, however, we got from that unpromising start to a stunning outcome.

So one chilly day, a broker took him to see a place he had described as unpromising.