Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unpromise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-promise
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lack of promise; poor prospects; unpromising outlook.

Uncountable

verb

To revoke or annul (something promised before).

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"So I was a writer of early unpromise. All my stories from the age of twelve until I was at least twenty-two were pretty bad."
"The resulting brew did not smell promising, and the taste more than lived up to the unpromise."
"To be sure, scholars have noted that occasionally heroines of the Cinderalla plot, known through folkloric classification as ATU 510, "gain all the time in determination and strength" through their sufferingg and "begin to lose their tag of unpromise and start shaping their lives and futures, at times, not without a little deception.”"
"I had God's promise that he was there to bring us into the land of promises, or unpromises."
"Promises are no fetters: with that tongue Thy promise past, unpromise it again."
""But I promised Annie we'd take them, Joseph." " Well , you're just going to have to unpromise her!""

Etymology

From un- + promise.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un

Usage

Inflected Forms

unpromises (plural) unpromises (present, singular) unpromising (participle, present) unpromised (participle, past) unpromised (past)

Questions

What does unpromise mean?: Lack of promise; poor prospects; unpromising outlook.
Where does unpromise come from?: From un- + promise.

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