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unrewarding

British  
/ ˌʌnrɪˈwɔːdɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not giving personal satisfaction

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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