unrewarding

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 • Feb. 16, 2024

New cast member Chloe Troast does great work, too, in the unrewarding role of the mocked white girlfriend.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2023

She has previously talked about growing up in "rural poverty" in Gloucestershire and taking on a "myriad of low-paid, unrewarding jobs".

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2023

A few others found child care unrewarding or struggled to get back into the workforce once their kids were older.

From Slate • Oct. 13, 2022

Sadly he lay down by an unrewarding blueberry bush, drew his paws down tightly over his blackened face, then licked the dirt off them.

From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford