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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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The rocket was filled with millions of pounds of propellant and set to launch when SpaceX, around 8:00 p.m. ET, opted to call off the day's launch and turn the operation into a launch rehearsal, considering the weather forecast would remain unfavorable throughout the launch window.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
27 Aug. 2025
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Government limits on corporate crypto holdings or unfavorable tax policy would threaten the business model.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Adrift but alive, dad (Manuel Garcia-Rulfo), daughter (Luna Blaise), daughter’s unpromising boyfriend (David Iacono) and daughter’s younger sister (Audrina Miranda) are rescued by the mercenaries’ expedition.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
1 July 2025
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Australian gold The small town in Australia that’s spreading the story of Vegemite 04:50 Vegemite, an Australian delicacy with the unpromising base material of leftover brewers’ yeast, is so loved in the country there’s even a museum dedicated to it.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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You? Consider these numbers: 44% report feeling persistently hopeless.—
Todd Nordstrom,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Needless to say, that sounds like a good fit for the rather hopeless Battlestar Galactica universe.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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For three days, things were cheerless for Courtney Williams.—
Mike Cook,
Twin Cities,
28 May 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
Adjective
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All of the ground lost in the NL East and Wild Card races amid a dismal 2-14 stretch can’t be made up right away, but stringing together solid wins like the last three represent a step in the right direction.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
20 Aug. 2025
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At least the club can now focus on rescuing what has been a dismal league campaign to date.—
Joseph O'Sullivan,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Instead, inflation has eased since Trump took office, defying the gloomy forecasts.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
18 Aug. 2025
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Elizabeth never enters the movie in any corporeal way, but the presence of her spirit looms large over the entire gloomy tale, co-written by Jory Anast.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The modern poster girl for the trend is Wednesday Addams, the Addams Family’s morbid and emotionally reserved daughter, who is the focus of Tim Burton’s Netflix series starring Ortega in the role.—
Ella Alexander,
CNN Money,
13 Aug. 2025
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And no, the whole thing isn't just an exercise in morbid curiosity.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Aug. 2025
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Over the sound of impassioned chattering and the AC’s intermittent cranking, one prevailing question loomed over the group sheltering from the dreary evening outside: What billionaire corporation is behind the mysterious data center?—
Sarah Henry,
The Courier-Journal,
18 Aug. 2025
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Anyway, this shirt looks like the first part of that: the dreary, colourless past before life brightens up significantly.—
Nick Miller,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unpropitious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unpropitious. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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