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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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Meanwhile, about Vice President JD Vance, 44% of Americans polled have an unfavorable opinion, 33% rated him favorably and 23% had no opinion.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
12 Mar. 2025
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Rising economic concerns in the United States, spurred by President Trump’s tariff implementation, are creating an unfavorable market environment.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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With an aging global population, rates of Alzheimer’s disease on the rise, high costs of care for those with dementia, and an unpromising landscape for effective drugs, questions of how to prevent or slow progression of the disease are important for all of us—not just taxi drivers.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
14 Jan. 2025
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The military intelligence agency, HUR, in particular, was seen as an unpromising candidate for collaboration.—
Patrick Reevell,
ABC News,
17 Jan. 2025
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There are so many hopeless people out there struggling right now financially and with providing for their families.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
18 Mar. 2025
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Sabah had a hopeless prognosis: severe brain edema.—
Ayesha Khan,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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Gomez gestured across the street toward 100 Centre Street—the criminal courthouse, a cheerless Art Deco building the color of cinder blocks.—
Sarah Lustbader,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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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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Mere Husband Ki Biwi featuring Arjun Kapoor released on February 21 and saw a dismal run at the box office.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
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Key stat Wisconsin was a dismal 7 of 39 (17.9%) from 3-point range.—
Michael Marot,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, Yoon — who became CEO of CJ ENM last year after serving as boss of CJ ENM’s Commerce Division for two years — remains cautious over the gloomy outlook in the Korean entertainment industry.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
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Dick's Sporting Goods on Tuesday offered a gloomy earnings outlook based less on its customer behavior than on the uncertainty of what's ahead given the president's trade wars.—
Kate Gibson,
CBS News,
13 Mar. 2025
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In medicine—by this morbid measure, at least—women and men are on an even playing field.—
Christopher M. Worsham,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
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March brings his Everyman charisma to the part of Dr. Jekyll, a scientist with a morbid fascination with the goodness and evil of humanity.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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What a fun thing — to open up a big, beautiful design on an otherwise dreary day.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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The modern Post—the post-Watergate Post—issued Presidential endorsements in every election but the dreary Michael Dukakis–George H. W. Bush matchup, of 1988, when the paper rigorously explained its reasoning for finding neither of the candidates worthy.—
Ruth Marcus,
The New Yorker,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Unpropitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpropitious. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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