unfulfilling
adjective
un·ful·fill·ing
ˌən-fu̇(l)-ˈfi-liŋ 
also -fə(l)-
: not providing happiness or satisfaction : not fulfilling
an unfulfilling job/relationship
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These two energies together can help you to move forward from a past that felt unfulfilling into a future that’s bright and dynamic.
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
With so many eager to escape unfulfilling careers, strategic tools like ChatGPT prompts have become increasingly helpful to jump start career transitions.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Ari is aimless and has made the executive decision to wean himself off his antidepressants; Sam is tortured by the prospect of going straight from college into a boring and unfulfilling career at Morgan Stanley.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
But robots are also freeing humans from heavy lifting and repetitive, mindless tasks that, for decades, made factory work both hazardous and unfulfilling.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2025
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Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
With so many eager to escape unfulfilling careers, strategic tools like ChatGPT prompts have become increasingly helpful to jump start career transitions.
—Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Ari is aimless and has made the executive decision to wean himself off his antidepressants; Sam is tortured by the prospect of going straight from college into a boring and unfulfilling career at Morgan Stanley.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
But robots are also freeing humans from heavy lifting and repetitive, mindless tasks that, for decades, made factory work both hazardous and unfulfilling.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 May 2025
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“Unfulfilling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfulfilling. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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