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Recent Examples of unpropitious
Handing the baton to Harris at this unpropitious time for Democrats is like Napoleon’s handing off his military command to Marshal Ney to conduct the disastrous French retreat from Moscow in 1812, featuring 500,000 French casualties.
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Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Here are a handful of quick Thesaurus pulls to help paint a picture of how the unit played: unpropitious, cataclysmic, demoralizing, execrable.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
The exhausted refugees are greeted by a functionary of the Relief Committee with the unpropitious nickname Statistics Babu.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
That will be an unpropitious setting for launching a network: if the teams are unclear on the goal, the risk of confusion is considerable.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
JoyFish sits in a strip mall in an unpropitious space that has seen several restaurants come and go.
—Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 23 July 2024
Here are a handful of quick Thesaurus pulls to help paint a picture of how the unit played: unpropitious, cataclysmic, demoralizing, execrable.
—Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2023
The exhausted refugees are greeted by a functionary of the Relief Committee with the unpropitious nickname Statistics Babu.
—Parul Sehgal, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
That will be an unpropitious setting for launching a network: if the teams are unclear on the goal, the risk of confusion is considerable.
—Steve Denning, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
JoyFish sits in a strip mall in an unpropitious space that has seen several restaurants come and go.
—Tan Vinh, The Seattle Times, 11 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unpropitious
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When faced with unfavorable reviews or feedback, there is always an opportunity to learn something and make your product or service even better.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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In terms of favorability, 36 percent of respondents have a favorable view of Ayotte, 15 percent have a neutral view and 45 percent have an unfavorable view of the GOP candidate.Joanne Haner, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
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Johnson campaigned against an unpromising backdrop: nearly ten years of austerity cuts under successive Tory governments, doubts about his flamboyant character, and fratricidal division within his party over Brexit.Pippa Norris, Foreign Affairs, 31 Jan. 2020
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That led the Initiative in an unpromising direction.Steve Denning, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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Anyone trying to stand in the technology’s way is as hopeless as the manual weavers who resisted the mechanical looms in the early 19th century.Nir Eisikovits, Discover Magazine, 14 Nov. 2024
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Gen Zers have been described as hopeless, creative, weird, intelligent, and more.John Rau, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
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Wedged between the cheerless skyscrapers of Third Avenue and an uncharming stretch of Second, just blocks north of the bro bars of Murray Hill, is a row of nine townhouses.Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 2 Aug. 2024
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Election polls may seem cheerless, inscrutable, and wrapped in data and murky terminology.W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
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Golden State held the Celtics to 16 points in the second quarter and dismal first-half shooting.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Rams Rams win wild West game in Seattle as Demarcus Robinson catches second TD in overtime Nov. 3, 2024 Back in the dismal days when the season was circling the drain, there was ample talk about trading Kupp.Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024
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Despite the gloomy 2022 pre-election polling outlook, polls ended up performing exceptionally well that year.Mary Radcliffe, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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Of course, in 2008 his gloomy outlook came true with the Global Financial Crisis, and markets have minded his insights ever since.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
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As that night unfolded with a kind of morbid curiosity — was this really happening?Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 6 Nov. 2024
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Ask Insensitive Questions This is one time to keep your morbid curiosity to yourself.Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 3 Nov. 2024
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While Detroit will see a warm, mostly dry Election Day much of the state is set for wet, dreary conditions.Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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While the forecast says Detroit will be mainly dry, much of the state is set for wet, dreary conditions on Election Day, according to meteorologists at the National Weather Service.Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Unpropitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpropitious. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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