1. Unlikely to bring about favourable results or enjoyment
   "faced an unpromising task"; "music for unpromising combinations of instruments"

See also: inauspicious, unfortunate

• mortar fire
• mortarboard
• mortgage
• mortgage application
• mortgage deed
• mortgage holder
• mortgage loan
• mortgage-backed security
• mortgaged
• mortgagee
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• mortice
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• mortification
• mortified
• mortify
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• Mortimer
• mortise
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• mortise-and-tenon joint
• mortmain
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• mortuary