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Recent Examples of unrewarding
These issues rendered the festival experience exhausting and unrewarding, contrary to what was promised when tickets were purchased.
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Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Some of the turnaround may be a result of the ways work has increasingly become uncertain and difficult for workers, let alone unrewarding and unfulfilling.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
But what has emerged is a repetitive, unattractive, and finally unrewarding slog, in which Ducournau’s filmmaking verve itself seems to harden into lifelessness.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Higher education advisor Dan Ulin of Elite Student Coach in Los Angeles, California says downsides of unrewarding advanced degrees can extend far beyond the potential for long-term student loan debt and being thrust into an industry with limited (or no) growth potential.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Melonee Hurt, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
Some of the turnaround may be a result of the ways work has increasingly become uncertain and difficult for workers, let alone unrewarding and unfulfilling.
—Adia Harvey Wingfield, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
But what has emerged is a repetitive, unattractive, and finally unrewarding slog, in which Ducournau’s filmmaking verve itself seems to harden into lifelessness.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 26 May 2025
Higher education advisor Dan Ulin of Elite Student Coach in Los Angeles, California says downsides of unrewarding advanced degrees can extend far beyond the potential for long-term student loan debt and being thrust into an industry with limited (or no) growth potential.
—Robert Farrington, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrewarding
Adjective
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Searchlight Pictures These are somewhat unexciting subjects for movies.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
19 Dec. 2025
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At about 3,200 pounds, the Gallardo coupe is more flickable than its weight suggests, with handling that is sure-footed and beautifully neutral, but hardly unexciting.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
21 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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Their build-up play was so slow and uninspiring.—
James Pearce,
New York Times,
2 Jan. 2026
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Even the pro-democracy narrative, which inspired citizens and movements throughout the twentieth century, has become stale and uninspiring.—
NIC CHEESEMAN,
Foreign Affairs,
16 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Small additions can make a big difference in your kitchen, and this year, cut down on tedious meal prep and cleanup with handy tools like the Cuisinart Salad Spinner and Kitsure Dish Drying Rack, as well.—
Gabriela Izquierdo,
Southern Living,
31 Dec. 2025
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This chore has a reputation for being tedious, but these tips can teach you how to clean baseboards with a variety of tools and techniques.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 Dec. 2025
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With both of these cases being largely hollow and uninteresting, even despite the involvement of a traffic-cone-size butt plug, the burden is on Allura’s arc to grip us.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 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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Yes, the rich women went to Sedona on Sutton’s private plane, but before that there were a few scenes back in boring old Los Angeles.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
9 Jan. 2026
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Disease prevention should be boring, routine, expected, and easy to access.—
Uché Blackstock,
Time,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Clear Lake's one-day Color the Wind Kite Festival in February began more than 20 years ago to brighten up monotonous winter days in northern Iowa.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Midwest Living,
29 Dec. 2025
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Lengthy drives over the many bridges here can trigger highway hypnosis, a nap-like mental state caused by the bridge’s unique vibrations, monotonous scenery and the sense of going nowhere that leads one’s brain to shift to (non-existent) autopilot.—
Crai S Bower,
Outside,
18 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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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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Their callousness about Julian has become tiresome.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
12 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Set in Portland, Oregon, in a bleak, overpopulated near future, The Lathe of Heaven is built around the banal question What if your dreams came true?—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Crumb, at the time, would be dressed unremarkably casually, in banal pants and sweater, with thick glasses, looking more or less like a geek.—
David Zane Mairowitz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Unrewarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrewarding. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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