unrewarding
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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“Golf is kind of unrewarding in this sense where, you can be putting a lot of work into it, but the results might not show right away,” Hruby said.
From Seattle Times
Strategic incompetence is not necessarily a conscious choice so much as a reflexive rejection of activity that feels unrewarding and unimportant.
From Washington Post
She has previously talked about growing up in "rural poverty" in Gloucestershire and taking on a "myriad of low-paid, unrewarding jobs".
From BBC
A lot of time has been spent on digital transformation, but there are signs employees are having an unrewarding experience.
From New York Times
Eventually, luxury projects became unrewarding, and I was compelled to look deeper into nonprofit work.
From New York Times
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