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Recent Examples of pleasureless
Kobayashi basically rewrote the book on how to turn pleasureless gluttony into a profession.
—
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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But Koreeda dawdles over all that without ever finding much dramatic nuance, making for a dullish midsection.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
16 May 2026
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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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Unfortunately, the filmmaker is so keen to make good on his premise that The Death of Robin Hood becomes a tedious slog.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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In one case, the AI employed a strategy that the problem’s authors had identified but found too tedious to pursue, says Mohammed Abouzaid, a mathematician at Stanford University and a member of the First Proof team.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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Swapping any boring sweater with this one will instantly upgrade your travel wardrobe (without much effort at all).—
Julia Morlino,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
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He was meant to only be the stick-in-the-mud boring guy.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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The potatoes are lightly crisped — never greasy or soggy.—
Scott Chasen,
Kansas City Star,
10 June 2026
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Poor Drainage Heavy clay and soggy soil can suffocate hydrangea roots and lead to root rot, eventually ending with the demise of your plant.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
Adjective
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Her trick for making a scheme feel consistent but not monotonous?—
Betsy Cribb Watson,
Southern Living,
5 June 2026
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But if couples stop introducing freshness into that stability, comfort will feel monotonous.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
Adjective
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The unique features hide a center touchscreen the way an architect’s home keeps prosaic televisions out of sight.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
12 June 2026
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At this point, Vile seems less like a confessional singer-songwriter than a cartographer of the mind, mapping the ways that our thoughts can wander from prosaic to profound and back again.—
Stuart Berman,
Pitchfork,
4 June 2026
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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Crucially, this Bond is terrific, not tiresome.—
Jordan Minor,
PC Magazine,
1 June 2026
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Its predictable and tiresome tribalism means that if Arsenal 2025-26 blossom from caterpillar into butterfly, there will still be some wanting to pin them down as formula football.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
22 May 2026
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“Pleasureless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasureless. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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