unpropitious

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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. 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
Adjective
  • These unfavorable political circumstances for Hochul would seem to set up a primary challenge from the left, the traditional path to denying incumbent officeholders renomination in Democratic primaries.
    David Mark, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Sixty percent of Democrats have an unfavorable view of Israel, the first time most of a partisan group has felt that way.
    Ben Sales, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The military intelligence agency, HUR, in particular, was seen as an unpromising candidate for collaboration.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The dance begin and the people are hopeless, bumping into one another but totally enjoying the experience.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
  • The 60-year-old actress — who has famously portrayed hopeless romantic Charlotte York on the SATC franchise since 1998 — got candid about her brief romance with Alec Baldwin on a recent episode of Rob Lowe's Literally!
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Election polls may seem cheerless, inscrutable, and wrapped in data and murky terminology.
    W. Joseph Campbell, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The futuristic worlds that she’s created reflect that, from the dark and dismal cityscapes to the authoritarian prisoner ships run entirely by soulless robots.
    Kyle Wilson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
  • Add Jones to the list in coming from a dismal Chicago team.
    Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 3 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But while risks abound, the situation is probably not as gloomy as the model implies.
    Courtenay Brown, Axios, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The treasurer also sits on the board of PERA, which faces uncertainty amid gloomy projections and other budget-tightening proposals.
    Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • The performance will feature a morbid dose of puppetry, clowning, dance, live music and stop-motion animation.
    Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • With delicate, floral notes of pink peony and a bright and warming burst of solar woods, Nest Santa Barbara Strawberry Perfume Oil has an uncanny knack for brightening any cold and dreary day.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 3 Mar. 2025
  • This Merino wool set from Helly Hansen comes in bright florals for dreary, overcast days.
    Kristin Canning, SELF, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Unpropitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpropitious. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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