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Recent Examples of pleasureless
Kobayashi basically rewrote the book on how to turn pleasureless gluttony into a profession.
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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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Ideally, containers should be within reach of your garden hose, which is less tedious than lugging heavy watering cans all over the place.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
25 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: Ad agencies can have a tedious and highly manual expense management process that's prone to human error.—
Lucinda Shen,
Axios,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The whole thing also looks pretty—budget and midrange phones tend to be super boring, but the Pixel 8A has a smart design with a matte rear texture.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
28 Feb. 2025
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Buck is a loquacious, glad-handing oaf who has a boring way with a witty story, and is marked for death.—
Fred Schruers,
IndieWire,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Eat well and drink plenty of water Forget settling for an iceberg salad, a soggy slice of terminal pizza, or a tiny bag of pretzels.—
Sophie Friedman,
AFAR Media,
4 Mar. 2025
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What could have been a true old-school King creeper ends up a bit of a soggy coming-of-age story: The movie never really recovers when Sutherland leaves.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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My mornings began with a monotonous dread that would persist throughout the day.—
Charley Locke,
New York Times,
25 Feb. 2025
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People are less likely to feel threatened by a tool that tackles monotonous administrative tasks than one that drafts an entire document.—
Hunter Steele,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the face of that chilling, prosaic nightmare, all Perkins can do is laugh.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Mazen al-Hamada’s relatives learned of his death in a more prosaic way: photographs from the military morgue circulated on social media.—
Jon Lee Anderson,
The New Yorker,
27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The giants, led by Goliath, are neat to behold, but Saul’s hallucinations quickly grow tiresome, the least interesting way to show a secure monarch succumbing to paranoia.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
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There is also a good deal of tiresome comic business between Modi and his similarly talented but unsuccessful friends, Maurice Utrillo (Bruno Gouery) and Chaim Soutine (Ryan McParland).—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
24 Sep. 2024
Adjective
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Every year in the US, there are approximately 35,000 ER visits due to unintentional medication overdoses among children under 5 years old.—
Katia Hetter,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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The other part of him, the innie, is for all intents and purposes 2 1/2 years old.—
Gary Levin,
USA TODAY,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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For years, companies like Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, and IHG primarily focused on consistent, but also largely uninteresting, hotels.—
Chris Dong,
AFAR Media,
13 Feb. 2025
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Activities were repetitive or uninteresting, new bosses were built around individual characters which was a poor format.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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“Pleasureless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pleasureless. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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