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Meaning of unpromise | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

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.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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