unrewarded

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Recent Examples of unrewarded But her desperate efforts to feed her children often go unrewarded. Sarah El Sirgany, CNN Money, 30 July 2025 Meanwhile, high performers feel invisible, unrewarded, and powerless to steer their own career trajectory. Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 25 July 2025 The remake’s emphasis on believability comes with a host of simplistic morals, such as how hard work begets dignity, righteous people will experience setbacks but never go unrewarded, and true love wins in the end. Elle Carroll, Vulture, 24 Dec. 2024 Schauffele, the No. 2 player in the world, has spent the better part of six years as golf’s great, but largely unrewarded, model of consistency. Brody Miller, The Athletic, 21 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for unrewarded
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrewarded
Adjective
  • Castillo’s family hard work has not gone unnoticed.
    Paula Soria, AZCentral.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • According to the medical center, Cryptic pregnancies are rare, with studies suggesting about 1 in 475 pregnancies go unnoticed until about 20 weeks gestation, while about 1 in 2,500 pregnancies go unnoticed until delivery.
    Clare Fisher, PEOPLE, 7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Some injuries can even go unrecognized for a little bit.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Each of them picked up a strong haul of overall nods (though, perplexingly, Daniel Lopatin’s excellent Marty Supreme score went unrecognized).
    Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • While there are miles of regular season basketball still remaining, Morales is encouraged to see his team’s commitment on defensive – especially from unsung hero Cal Weidman.
    Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Chavarria was a cult designer at the time—an unsung name on the New York Fashion Week lineup that each season delivered a two-punch of a political statement and a singular sartorial proposition, both often related to his Chicano roots, even if at times the former overpowering the latter.
    José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • Dilbert was joined by a cast of recognizable office stereotypes, including the underappreciated Alice, cynical Wally, and the ineffective Pointy-Haired Boss.
    The Week US, TheWeek, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Look for who feels seen or overlooked, which moments are usually highlighted, and where teams might feel unrecognized or underappreciated.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 27 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • What once appeared to be an undervalued Bitcoin miner just a few months ago is now attracting interest from analysts and investors.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Valuing a company is a subjective endeavor, but undervalued stocks typically have price-to-earnings (P/E) ratios below their own five-year averages and below those of their competitors.
    The Motley Fool, Dallas Morning News, 4 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • New roles, rough results With Curry and Melton out, the lead ballhandling duties fell upon Podziemski, who has been an underrated scorer for the Warriors and a dependable 39% shooter from behind the arc.
    Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Both Dunbar and Shakespeare later played critical rhythmic roles on Jones’s vastly underrated Hurricane album in 2008.
    Prof. Mike Alleyne Ph.D, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026

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“Unrewarded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrewarded. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.

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