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unpromise

noun

Etymology

From un- + promise.

  1. derived from prōmissum — “a promise”
  2. derived from prōmissa
  3. derived from promesse
  4. inherited from promis
  5. prefixed as unpromise — “un + promise”

Definitions

  1. Lack of promise

    Lack of promise; poor prospects; unpromising outlook.

    • 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.

  2. To revoke or annul (something promised before).

    • 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!"
    • It wouldn't be a promise if you could just unpromise it.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA