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

See also: inauspicious, unfortunate

• leading
• leading astray
• leading edge
• leading indicator
• leading lady
• leading light
• leading man
• leading off
• leading question
• leading rein
• leading tone
• leadless
• leadplant
• leadwort
• leadwort family
• leaf
• leaf beet
• leaf beetle
• leaf blade
• leaf blight
• leaf bud
• leaf bug
• leaf cast
• leaf disease
• leaf fat