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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a depressing future" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing potential negative outcomes or scenarios that evoke feelings of sadness or hopelessness.
Example: "The report outlined a series of environmental issues that could lead to a depressing future for our planet."
Alternatives: "a bleak future" or "a grim future."
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Q: Shrinking IT budgets would mean a depressing future for engineers, unless there's some new growth area to soak up the talent.
For those of us who care about storytelling and spectacle and five years of hard work for 120 minutes of screen time, it's a depressing future, but it's one we've been warned to expect for some time.
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Several big-name Republicans have called in recent days for Mr. Romney to spend more time describing how he would fix America and less time describing a dreary, depressing future if Mr. Obama is re-elected.
The engineers and experts who wrote the comment warned that repealing net neutrality could have "dangerous consequences, including stifling future innovation and depressing future investment in the wealth of Internet services that drive such a large part of the U.S. economy". .
And the thought of her being forced out of her job even in part because she was too "pushy" is ominous -- a depressing sign that the future is not as bright as Sandberg and other thought leaders like Hanna Rosin have made it out to be for those of us still working our way up the corporate ladder.
We're in the future now and the future is a depressing place.
The press had framed the show, "Extinction: Visions of the Future," as a depressing alternative to the ebullient Frieze Art Fair taking place in Regent's Park.
"Our population lives in a depressing present and is faced with a limited future, only because of lack of leadership".
McAfee's conclusions on the credit card breach paint a depressing picture for what is on offer for those who are intent on such thefts in the future.
A depressing victory".
A depressing thought.
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