Unrewarding

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not providing reward or satisfaction
Adjective
  1. 1
    not rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction wordnet

Synonyms

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profitlessabortivebarrenbootlessdeleteriousdetrimental

Example

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"Admittedly, this is an unrewarding task, but somebody has got to deal with it."

Etymology

From un- + rewarding.

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