as in inauspicious
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for futureless
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State of play: Jimmer Fredette's career at BYU got off to an inauspicious start.—
Ross Terrell,
Axios,
3 Mar. 2025 -
The New York Yankees' defense of their American League pennant, and their attempt to reach the World Series for a second straight season, has been off to an inauspicious start.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Democracy in the United States faces a serious threat, but the case is not hopeless.—
Laura Gamboa,
Foreign Affairs,
31 Mar. 2025
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Despite running on dirt-minded tires that are hopeless on snow and ice, these ultra-luxe restomods had no problem roaring through the powder covering the ground.—
Tim Stevens,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2025
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June became hopeful that the American rescue mission would lead to a reunion with her daughter, but that was unsuccessful.—
Abigail Lee,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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Last year, Harry’s legal action against the Home Office was unsuccessful and the court initially refused him permission to appeal.—
Christian Edwards,
CNN Money,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Watch my video discussion of these shows below: What were your least-favorite, no-good, terrible TV shows of 2024?—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
25 Dec. 2024
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Moving right along, Rufus (Michael Maggi), the no-good gambler who lost his wife, Salena’s, shares in the Blue faction, gets put to work by Berenice, Titus’s Judean queen-mistress-whatever.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
18 July 2024
Adjective
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Yet despite the minimal funding and unpromising history, the search continues to garner both adherents and interest.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
15 Aug. 2012
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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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“Futureless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/futureless. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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