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Recent Examples of pleasureless
Kobayashi basically rewrote the book on how to turn pleasureless gluttony into a profession.
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Washington Post, 1 July 2019
But the issue of female pleasure becomes the novel’s central, surprisingly pleasureless theme.
—Ron Charles | The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019
Washington Post, 1 July 2019
But the issue of female pleasure becomes the novel’s central, surprisingly pleasureless theme.
—Ron Charles | The Washington Post, oregonlive.com, 7 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pleasureless
Adjective
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Although his dullish voice-overs attempt to establish him as a deep thinker and observer, Moss outwardly comes off as anything but: surly, cocky, needy, slackerish, immature.—
Gary Goldstein,
latimes.com,
5 July 2018
Adjective
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But that approach required a tedious manufacturing process that NASA hoped to avoid.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
23 Jan. 2026
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On the rooftop of The Views Baía hotel, Desarma reinvents the tedious tasting menu with ambitious, delicious works of art with every bite, paired to wines that impress even the most jaded of oenophiles.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Some skyscrapers are quite uniform and rather boring.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Writing that’s as boring as your dullest relative was likely written by a chatbot that can’t see, hear, taste, smell, touch — or feel.—
Karen Stabiner,
Mercury News,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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It's been a soggy start to the day across parts of South Florida on Thursday morning.—
Lissette Gonzalez,
CBS News,
22 Jan. 2026
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After watering, drain away any extra fertilizer pooling in your plant saucer so the roots don't sit in soggy soil.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Dressing well for any old home game can start to feel monotonous, especially when your priorities are focused on the game that follows.—
Tiana Randall,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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The haphazard plot twists itself into knots to include Jeremy Pope’s unfortunately eponymous character, before moving on to far shorter flings with equally monotonous cast members.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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If anything, ChatGPT-3 has something of the oracular about it; for as mysterious as the writing process of any author may be in all sorts of intangible and ineffable ways, any person who works in words also understands what’s prosaic and gritty (and thus all the more beautiful) about writing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Throughout, the depth and quality of Sullivan’s attention to prosaic detail—even plain and unappealing objects—never wavers.—
The Atlantic Culture Desk,
The Atlantic,
26 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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By the start of the 20th century, instead of offering a few prosy sentences that gestured vaguely toward ingredient amounts, American recipes increasingly began with a list of ingredients in precise, numerical quantities: teaspoons, ounces, cups.—
Helen Zoe Veit,
Smithsonian,
19 Sep. 2017
Adjective
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Dropbox sought to remove the most tiresome and time-intensive parts of the job, instead of focusing on tools that imitate or mimic the creative process.—
Caitlin White,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
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Naked dressing can be so tiresome … and missing the point is never on trend.—
Alison Edmond,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Pleasureless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasureless. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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