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Recent Examples of unrewarding
These plants are often altogether unrewarding for pollinators, since the flowers no longer produce nectar or pollen.
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Claire Therese Hemingway, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
Writing posts and connecting with people online can be unrewarding at first.
—Andrey Insarov, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
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Claire Therese Hemingway, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2025
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.
—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
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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Following those highs came a string of solid but unexciting records, which mostly stuck with Metric’s formula while adding the occasional left-field lyric about the Kool-Aid-drinking masses or confounding reference to QAnon.—
Ethan Beck,
Pitchfork,
4 May 2026
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For months, the contest has been unexciting and uninspiring.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Not so for the Bruins, who are 29-11-1 at the Garden and an uninspiring 16-16-9 on the road, the worst road mark of any Eastern Conference playoff team.—
Steve Conroy,
Boston Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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This season still is too much in the embryonic phase to draw any conclusions despite an uninspiring start.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Many of these humans already made use of machines, like the crop-planters that have automated the tedious work of sowing edamame beans by hand.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
8 May 2026
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John’s girlfriend was tedious and infuriating, in ways both like and unlike John, but Maggie had yet to find the parts that were supposed to be endearing.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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The premise is uninteresting, and, worst of all, the jokes aren’t remotely funny.—
Eric Vilas-Boas,
Vulture,
18 Mar. 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
Adjective
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An exhausting, preachy, frankly, boring and outdated version of his former self.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 May 2026
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Let’s be honest here, and no disrespect to venerable family board games, but Monopoly is kind of boring.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
8 May 2026
Adjective
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GalaxyBids emphasizes its unique position as an alternative to the traditional shopping sites that some may find dull or monotonous.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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As a kid three hours into a monotonous road trip, stopping for fresh hamburgers and a lot of hospitality was a lifesaver.—
Katie Akin,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2026
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Under Luis Enrique, the Parisians have become one of, if not, the dominant forces in the European game and, with a young squad full of togetherness, tenacity and a tiresome work ethic, the sky really is the limit for this team.—
Aleks Klosok,
CNN Money,
6 May 2026
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These exercises are often associated with the tiresome pursuit of six-pack abs.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Rage sits on the pages among the everyday updates of life, as if the anger itself was banal.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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Doing away with the classic Humpty Dumpty physique, chef Nicolas Cloiseau opts for something less banal and more cubic, channeling his inner Picasso.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Unrewarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrewarding. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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