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Rank | Letters | Answer | Clue | |
1 | 97% | 5 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 90% | 3 | Not very bright | |
3 | 90% | 12 | Causing disappointment or hopelessness | |
Unpromising Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "BLEAK" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Offering little or no hope
- • Providing no shelter or sustenance
- • Unpleasantly cold and damp adjective
- • Without color; pale; pallid.
- • Desolate and exposed; swept by cold winds.
- • Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate. noun
- • A small european river fish (alburnus alburnus), of the family cyprinidae.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The small, rundown town had a bleak atmosphere."
- • "After losing his job, john faced a bleak future."
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