Unpromising

(adj.) unlikely to bring about favorable results or enjoyment; 'faced an unpromising task'; 'music for unpromising combinations of instruments' .

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• Agnes said she was afraid I must have given her an unpromising character; but Dora corrected that directly. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Miserly too, my dear; which is far the most unpromising for us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Sydney Carton, idlest and most unpromising of men, was Stryver's great ally. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• There was, at times, a want of spirits about him which, if it did not denote indifference, spoke of something almost as unpromising. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• To diminish the number of those who are capable of paying it, is surely a most unpromising expedient for encouraging the cultivation of corn. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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