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unrewarding - definition and meaning
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adjective reward or satisfaction
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adjective
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MylesL the movie is beautifully crafted, but very slow and "unrewarding " in plot.
The White Ribbon International Movie Trailer | /Film 2009
A distinctively prickly, pessimistic, faintly unrewarding comedy of embarrassment.
Involuntary – review Peter Bradshaw 2010
LIFE IS HARD: That does not mean unrewarding ; the very fact that it is hard is what will make it so.
Rene Syler: Happy Birthday to Me! Rene Syler 2011
LIFE IS HARD: That does not mean unrewarding ; the very fact that it is hard is what will make it so.
Rene Syler: Happy Birthday to Me! Rene Syler 2011
Tillman had sacrificed a lot in his life, had chosen for himself a path that was arduous, dangerous, and frequently unrewarding .
Gideon’s war Howard Gordon 2011
Pure objectivity may be impossible in a subjective world, but like Diogenes and his search for an honest man, impartiality is hardly an unrewarding lamp to follow.
An Interview with Thomas Steinbeck 2010
It's now an unpleasant unrewarding chore without the yummy creaminess.
Gary Stager: Why Should she Work for you? Gary Stager 2010
But it is pleasing (in a mean-spirited schadenfreude way) when people who were terrible in high school end up in boring, unrewarding jobs.
More Honest Scrapping « Tales from the Reading Room 2010
The Independent (UK) ... its narrative strands are not sufficiently developed to engage ... the deliberately congested authorship, which seems the novel's greater emphasis, remains self-referential and unrewarding .
Invisible: Summary and book reviews of Invisible by Paul Auster. 2009
Representing indie rock, there's Les Savy Fav, a US group now back on top form after years in an eccentric, if unrewarding , holding position.
This week's new live music 2011
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