unpromisingly

Definition of unpromisinglynext
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Adverb
  • The registered nurse and community activist has depicted Foster as insufficiently progressive on housing equity issues.
    U T Editorial Board, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Abdul-Mateen’s performance is perpetually glum, but insufficiently monomaniacal, lowering the stakes throughout.
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • It should be noted that a tree or any other plant, for that matter, does not stand much of a chance in the long term where the soil drains inadequately.
    Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Juries in the two trials determined that Meta inadequately policed its site, putting kids in harm’s way.
    Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 29 Mar. 2026
Adverb
  • But that didn't stop Vrabel from putting him on notice that, rightly or wrongly in the coach's opinion, everyone must represent the team in a certain way.
    Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 29 Apr. 2026
  • After Navarro filed a complaint alleging the work had been wrongly kept from her, a Madrid judge, acting with the support of prosecutors, ordered Spain’s Ministry of Culture to take custody of it citing its potential importance to the country’s historical heritage.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Like most, Gore mistakenly credited it to Gandhi.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Brown has also accused the narcotics unit that mistakenly targeted him of a pattern of misconduct, which allegedly includes the wrongful arrest of another man during the same operation.
    Sheetal Banchariya, New York Daily News, 28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers ruled Monday that Thao and her three co-defendants failed to prove government authorities acted inappropriately or hid damning details about their star witness while building their sprawling corruption case in the first half of 2024.
    Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Guadalupe Mercado-Guerra, from Mexico, reportedly touched a minor inappropriately multiple times in Travis County, Texas, near the city of Austin.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 27 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • There are sometimes mid-decade redistrictings, including the one in Florida in 2015 after the state Supreme Court ruled some districts were improperly drawn.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Authorities recovered 189 sets of remains from the Penrose building and said two other bodies were improperly buried.
    Colleen Slevin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2026
Adverb
  • Because every experience a child has during their early years helps create new neural connections, wiring the brain for all future learning and connecting, encounters with AI slop may literally wire the brain incorrectly.
    Dana Suskind, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026
  • It is being framed incorrectly.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Fortune, 29 Apr. 2026
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“Unpromisingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpromisingly. Accessed 3 May. 2026.

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