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Recent Examples of unrewarding
Quiet firing is when an employer deliberately makes a job so unrewarding, isolating or stagnant that the employee feels pressured to quit, rather than being formally terminated.
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Alora Bopray, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Here, Reader, is a run-through of Austen movies and limited TV series, from my favorite through least favorite — though Austen's novels are surprisingly sturdy, if approached with fondness and respect, and only the last of these would be considered unrewarding.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
These issues rendered the festival experience exhausting and unrewarding, contrary to what was promised when tickets were purchased.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Writing posts and connecting with people online can be unrewarding at first.
—Andrey Insarov, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Alora Bopray, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
Here, Reader, is a run-through of Austen movies and limited TV series, from my favorite through least favorite — though Austen's novels are surprisingly sturdy, if approached with fondness and respect, and only the last of these would be considered unrewarding.
—Tom Gliatto, People.com, 19 July 2025
These issues rendered the festival experience exhausting and unrewarding, contrary to what was promised when tickets were purchased.
—Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Writing posts and connecting with people online can be unrewarding at first.
—Andrey Insarov, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrewarding
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This past offseason started hot and then slowly cooled into a generally unexciting paste.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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After his death, Pine settles into a requisite life in London as Alex Goodwin, a member of an unexciting intelligence unit called the Night Owls.—
Emily Zemler,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The rest of the potential free-agent group is an uninspiring mix of older players who have been there, done that — some who have done it in Cleveland already — and a few young players who have bounced around the league in recent years.—
Zac Jackson,
New York Times,
17 Feb. 2026
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Lucky for me, even the most uninspiring of days is no match for my trusty all-purpose cleaning routine.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
13 Feb. 2026
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But for me, the whole process—taking everything off the bed, washing all the pieces, and finding a place to store it all—is annoyingly tedious.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2026
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Harden is the most entertaining thing about The Dreadful, which aims for classic folk horror but mostly feels tedious.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Feb. 2026
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As our Mike Vorkunov already pointed out, the four teams that are pennies above the tax line (Philadelphia, Denver, Phoenix and Toronto) are virtually guaranteed to make small deals to get under; these will just be spectacularly uninteresting trades in terms of actual basketball.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
3 Feb. 2026
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Symmetrical Throw Pillows Having two identical pillows placed neatly on either side of a sofa is the safest—and most uninteresting—choice.—
Angelika Pokovba,
Martha Stewart,
28 Jan. 2026
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Endless gastronomic delights, diverse architecture, and neighborhoods packed with character ensure visitors have everything but a boring trip to the large coastal metropolis.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2026
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Who says neutrals have to be boring?—
Amanda Le,
InStyle,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This is especially true for couples who live together and work demanding jobs; the cycle of work, home, sleep and repeat can become monotonous over time.—
Mark Travers,
CNBC,
15 Feb. 2026
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Double Dates Date night can quickly become monotonous.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
9 Feb. 2026
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What l find tiresome is l feel l am continually getting advice from people about different treatments, meds, PT, how to walk, blah blah.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Feb. 2026
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The association's midseason celebration had, in recent years, morphed into a high-scoring, defenseless dunk fest that had grown tiresome, even for the most dedicated basketball fans.—
David K. Li,
NBC news,
16 Feb. 2026
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This sobering reality forced John to find peace with the twilight of his creative career and with his banal job at Honeywell.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Feb. 2026
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At best, this is the stuff of primetime soap opera, written and played in a broad, banal register a world apart from the intense, stricken disorientation that Adams brings to her character.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Unrewarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrewarding. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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