FUTURELESS Synonyms: 36 Similar and Opposite Words

futureless

adjective

Definition of futureless

as in inauspicious

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Adjective

The film had an inauspicious start, McDonald recalled Saturday, during a career retrospective for the SAG-AFTRA Foundation.

— Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has had an inauspicious run so far in 2026.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of inauspicious

Adjective

Corruption was endemic, and the country’s deeper troubles—its poverty, its social inequities, and the hopeless conditions that drive millions of Nepalis to emigrate for work—endured, laying the kindling for last year’s explosion.

— Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
Sometimes, love in a hopeless place is worth the price of admission.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of hopeless

Adjective

That ability to learn may ultimately separate successful defenders from unsuccessful ones.

— Emil Sayegh, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
The five unsuccessful trials shared a condition of the test rig rather than indicating a failure of the recovery logic.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsuccessful

Adjective

The question now is how the Giants can make the most of a bad, no-good situation.

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
And with nary a golfer from the upstart tour within eight strokes of Round 2 leader Wyndham Clark at 7 under par, LIV’s no-good, very bad 2026 continued Friday.

— Matt Schubert, New York Times, 20 June 2026

Definition of no-good

Adjective

From those unpromising beginnings, Ondaatje found, in his writing, newness and, in language, a certain freedom.

— Amitava Kumar, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026
The surprising discovery awaiting us below the thicket of its atmosphere has quashed the notion that worlds far from the Sun are unpromising destinations in the search for life-supporting environments.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 May 2026

Definition of unpromising

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