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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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Other ideas include machines that can redeem bottles and cans in bulk by the bag, rather than the tedious process of feeding them into a machine one at a time.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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Forget the tedious collection of settings, sensors, and automatic programs that premium waffle makers offer, the Presto proves that simpler can be better.—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Though the pacing and breadth of the episode ensure that things never get boring, not all the stories are equally compelling.—
Scott Meslow,
Vulture,
30 Oct. 2025
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Klum doesn't want to let anyone down by choosing the boring or easy way out with a costume.—
Hedy Phillips,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Color & Geometry Non-Slip Bath Mat Gone are the days of stepping out of the shower and onto cold tile or a soggy bath mat.—
Mia Huelsbeck,
PEOPLE,
25 Oct. 2025
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Trump had argued a permanent ballroom was long needed because rooms weren't big enough inside the White House and tents set up on the south lawn often left guests with soggy feet.—
Bart Jansen,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Few dungeon-like areas mean nearly everything occurs on the monotonous Lumiose City streets.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
27 Oct. 2025
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Life was exceedingly dull, monotonous, and uncertain for a long while, Curry wrote.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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By hinting that his business was the victim of shape-shifting saboteurs, Westergaard distracted from the more prosaic story about the carelessness of his staff.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The most prosaic explanation is that Villarroel’s transients are simply artifacts in the photographic plates such as speckles of dust, blobs in the emulsion or even radioactive particles.—
Jonathan O'Callaghan,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 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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The movie drags in the middle, when it’s locked in a prisoner drama that grows a little tiresome and predictable.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Toxic relationships and love triangles also ranked among the most tiresome or uninteresting tropes for young viewers.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Pleasureless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasureless. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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