Meanings
adjectiveunrewarding (comparative more unrewarding, superlative most unrewarding)
comparative more unrewarding · superlative most unrewarding
- Not providing reward or satisfaction.
The work is unrewarding and arduous but nevertheless of prime importance to the maintenance of an open line.
1960 January 28, M. Harbottle, “Maintaining Services after Heavy Snowfalls”, in Railway Magazine, page 11
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivenot rewarding; not providing personal satisfaction
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishrewarding
- Englishunrewarding
Translations
Finnish epäpalkitseva
- epäpalkitsevanot providing reward
Italian ingrato
- ingratonot providing reward
Cite this entry
APA
unrewarding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrewarding
MLA
“unrewarding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrewarding. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unrewarding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unrewarding.
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