Meaning of unpromise | Babel Free

Definitions

Lack of promise; poor prospects; unpromising outlook.

uncountable, usually

Examples

“So I was a writer of early unpromise. All my stories from the age of twelve until I was at least twenty-two were pretty bad.”

“The resulting brew did not smell⟳ promising, and the taste⟳ more than lived up to the unpromise.”

“To be sure, scholars have⟳ noted that occasionally heroines of the Cinderalla plot, known through folkloric classification as ATU 510, "gain⟳ all the time in determination and strength" through their sufferingg and "begin⟳ to lose⟳ their tag of unpromise and start⟳ shaping their lives and futures, at times, not without a little deception.””

“I had God's promise⟳ that he was there to bring⟳ us into the land⟳ of promises, or unpromises.”

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