as in unexciting
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Recent Examples of unrewarding
But if long Covid is really a form of ME/CFS, this approach will likely be unrewarding.
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Steven Phillips, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023
Baseball is a cruel, often unrewarding, game of inches.
—Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 10 June 2023
Strategic incompetence is not necessarily a conscious choice so much as a reflexive rejection of activity that feels unrewarding and unimportant.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Maddie stands at the center of what is essentially a dissolving home, sending money to her mother, tending to her father and working a dull, unrewarding job at a theater company.
—Diana Abu-Jaber, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
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Steven Phillips, STAT, 14 Sep. 2023
Baseball is a cruel, often unrewarding, game of inches.
—Nick Alvarez | [email protected], al, 10 June 2023
Strategic incompetence is not necessarily a conscious choice so much as a reflexive rejection of activity that feels unrewarding and unimportant.
—Karla L. Miller, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2023
Maddie stands at the center of what is essentially a dissolving home, sending money to her mother, tending to her father and working a dull, unrewarding job at a theater company.
—Diana Abu-Jaber, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unrewarding
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The camera angles were weird, the teleprompter seemed like it was broken, and sure, a lot of the banter was fun, but the choices for winners were rather straightforward and unexciting.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2025
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His expeditions are, compared to Shackleton’s, unexciting stories.—
Martin Gutmann,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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After two strong years in 2023 and 2024, risk increases for an uninspiring 2025.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
11 Jan. 2025
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Imagine how much value creation is left on the table when summing the contributions from so many uninspiring efforts. Combating a Quitters' Day Culture Undoubtedly, leaders strongly influence whether a quitter's day culture emerges.—
Nate Bennett,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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The alternative is Wisconsin’s study committee, where stakeholders thrash out various options in a tedious, transparent process.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
17 Jan. 2025
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As in other parts of the world, content moderation is one of the most tedious and low-paying jobs in China’s tech industry.—
Zeyi Yang,
WIRED,
17 Jan. 2025
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Manager Gareth Southgate has been under pressure for the English being defensive and mostly uninteresting to watch, but the results have been good enough.—
Dan Santaromita,
The Athletic,
10 July 2024
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The path that was designed for her was uninteresting to her.—
Adam Moss,
Vulture,
19 Dec. 2024
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Covering the entertainment business is never boring, and 2025 is already shaping up to be another banger as business models that have been around for decades continue to evolve, erode and unravel.—
Ryan Faughnder,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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News to Know Disney buys Fubo On its face, the move might sound like a boring press release.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
7 Jan. 2025
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An monotonous mix of ideas As an autonomous figure, the Guardian of Peace is quite independent on the battlefield compared to previous entries.—
Diego Argüello,
Rolling Stone,
13 Jan. 2025
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Despite what Russian President Vladimir Putin may tell the Russian public during his monotonous press conferences and New Years Day speeches, everything isn't going well in the motherland.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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With all that is stacked on Trump’s to-do list, picking fights with friends seems like an indulgent distraction that will soon grow tiresome.—
Philip Elliott,
TIME,
7 Jan. 2025
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While the premise is interesting enough, the show is stuffed with tiresome jokes that fail to pack a punch.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2024
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Creators on TikTok describe their experience with comments on Reels as banal at best, and straight-up mean at worst.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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Goodman’s animated narration is paired with evocative music and soundscapes that enliven descriptions of modest homesteads; with these flourishes, information as seemingly banal as the evolution of dishwashing becomes mesmerizing.—
Marnie Shure,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Unrewarding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unrewarding. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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