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Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning.
John C. Maxwell

Meaning of "unrewarding" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNREWARDING

unrewarding  [ˌʌnrɪˈwɔːdɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNREWARDING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unrewarding is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNREWARDING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unrewarding in the English dictionary

The definition of unrewarding in the dictionary is not giving personal satisfaction.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNREWARDING


according
əˈkɔːdɪŋ
applauding
əˈplɔːdɪŋ
boarding
ˈbɔːdɪŋ
bodyboarding
ˈbɒdɪˌbɔːdɪŋ
chording
ˈkɔːdɪŋ
hoarding
ˈhɔːdɪŋ
keyboarding
ˈkiːˌbɔːdɪŋ
landboarding
ˈlændˌbɔːdɪŋ
lording
ˈlɔːdɪŋ
marauding
məˈrɔːdɪŋ
mountainboarding
ˈmaʊntɪnbɔːdɪŋ
onboarding
ˌɒnˈbɔːdɪŋ
recording
rɪˈkɔːdɪŋ
rewarding
rɪˈwɔːdɪŋ
sailboarding
ˈseɪlˌbɔːdɪŋ
skateboarding
ˈskeɪtˌbɔːdɪŋ
snowboarding
ˈsnəʊˌbɔːdɪŋ
surfboarding
ˈsɜːfˌbɔːdɪŋ
wakeboarding
ˈweɪkˌbɔːdɪŋ
waterboarding
ˈwɔːtəˌbɔːdɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNREWARDING

unreturned
unreturning
unreturningly
unrevealable
unrevealed
unrevealing
unrevenged
unrevengeful
unreverend
unreverent
unreversed
unreverted
unreviewable
unreviewed
unrevised
unrevoked
unrevolutionary
unrewarded
unrewardedly
unrhetorical

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNREWARDING

adding
analogue recording
audio recording
birding
carding
cording
digital recording
double-system sound recording
forwarding
Harding
heli-boarding
re-recording
regarding
self-regarding
sheepherding
tape recording
video cassette recording
video recording
video tape recording
wording
yarding

Synonyms and antonyms of unrewarding in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unrewarding» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNREWARDING

Find out the translation of unrewarding to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unrewarding from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unrewarding» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吃力不讨好
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ingrato
570 millions of speakers

English

unrewarding
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unrewarding
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير مجزية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неблагодарной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unrewarding
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unrewarding
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ingrate
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak menentu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

undankbar
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

やりがいのない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

보람없는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unrewarding
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unrewarding
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unrewarding
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अप्रकाशित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ödüllendirmemek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unrewarding
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niewdzięczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

невдячною
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unrewarding
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unrewarding
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondankbare
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olönsamt
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ulønnsomt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unrewarding

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNREWARDING»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNREWARDING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unrewarding

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2 QUOTES WITH «UNREWARDING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unrewarding.
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James Howard Kunstler
Americans are suffering so much from being in unrewarding environments that it has made us very cynical. I think that American suburbia has become a powerful generator of anxiety and depression.
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John C. Maxwell
Growth demands a temporary surrender of security. It may mean giving up familiar but limiting patterns, safe but unrewarding work, values no longer believed in, and relationships that have lost their meaning.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNREWARDING»

Discover the use of unrewarding in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unrewarding and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Unrewarding Wealth: The Commercialization and Collapse of ...
Davyyd Greenwood examines why the successful Basque maximisers of economic gain ultimately rejected economic rewards in favour of other values.
Davydd J. Greenwood, 1976
2
Plant-Animal Communication
2000). In line with theoretical predictions, rare morphs in flower polymorphisms of unrewarding flowers are often selectively favoured and many rewardless species show high inter- and intra-individual variability in floral traits (Ayasse ...
H. Martin Schaefer, Graeme D. Ruxton, 2011
3
Administrative Reform Comes of Age
4. The. Unrewarding. Search. for. Communality. That administrative reform became prominent in the 1960s was no accident. The world of administration that could previously assume a certain sense of stability, that had coped with some of the ...
Gerald E. Caiden, 1991
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Animal Behaviour: Evolution and Mechanisms: Evolution and ...
The rare white morph of the unrewarding orchid Orchis mascula (a) is very attractive to pollinators. Interestingly, if white table tennis balls are positioned among the common purple morph (b), they are as efficient in attracting pollinators as the ...
Peter M. Kappeler, Nils Anthes, Ralph Bergmüller, 2010
5
The Ties That Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation
Commitment Processes and Social Psychological Conditions Partners may stay in unrewarding, unsatisfying relationships because they feel they have to ( Johnson, 1991), that is, they are constrained or feel constrained by the social structure ...
Linda J. Waite, Christine Bachrach, 2004
6
Teaching-The Imperiled Profession
For many, teaching seems unrewarding and uninspiring. College students no longer flock to education programs. The exodus of burned-out veteran teachers continues, despite uncertain economic conditions. Who can blame these individuals ...
Daniel Linden Duke, 1984
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Personality, Social Skills, and Psychopathology:: An ...
Unrewarding communication patterns during the premarital period were predictive of low levels of marital satisfaction. All of the longitudinal studies of marital compatibility described found some predictive role of neuroticism or disturbed ...
David G. Gilbert, James J. Connolly, 1991
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Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on ...
The patch presented six rewarding and six unrewarding flowers. Each rewarding flower provided 0.34 /vl/min. Measurements took place only when both bees were present in the patch. Two categories of temporal foraging sequences were ...
International Bee Research Association, 1994
9
They Almost Always Come Home
Finalist - 2011 Carol Award and 2010 RT Book Reviews Reviewers' Choice Award When Libby’s husband Greg fails to return from a two-week canoe trip to the Canadian wilderness, the authorities soon write off his disappearance as an unhappy ...
Cynthia Ruchti, 2011
10
Bound [A Faery Story 1]
[Siren Menage Everlasting: Erotic Fantasy Menage a Trois Romance, M/F/M, faeries, Consensual BDSM, spanking] Megan Starke has never been special to anyone.
Sophie Oak, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNREWARDING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unrewarding is used in the context of the following news items.
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Unrewarding friendship needs a tune-up
Dear Annie: How do you cope with a friendship where the person stays connected just enough to continually remind you of how unimportant you are? I have a ... «Elko Daily Free Press, Jul 15»
2
Jordan King Positive Despite Unrewarding Weekend
Jordan King Positive Despite Unrewarding Weekend. Although Racing Engineering's Jordan King had an unfortunate spin at the end of the feature race, he still ... «The Checkered Flag, Jul 15»
3
Now might be a good time to rethink dividend investing in Canada
Print / License; AA. Dividend investing in Canada has taken an unrewarding turn of late, as investors anticipate the first U.S. interest rate hike in nearly a decade. «The Globe and Mail, Jun 15»
4
Sordid, Unprofitable, Unrewarding: On 'New Grub Street' and …
In today's publishing world, it pays to be a doomsayer. We have an inexhaustible appetite for reports of literature's demise. Go ahead, dust off that article on how ... «The Millions, Apr 15»
5
Pseudo-Feminist Fable Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter is Unrewarding
A deranged pseudo-feminist fable, Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter takes its tedious time getting to its unrewarding destination. Habitually dressed like Little Red ... «Village Voice, Mar 15»
6
Jeff Gelles: A new path to IT training
Always wondered if there was a future for you "in computers" - or maybe one for that daughter or grandkid mired in an unrewarding job? Convinced you can't get ... «Philly.com, Mar 15»
7
"The law of the jungle, it's a grind: Destiny Review "
It can be repetitive, grueling and unrewarding when it shouldn't be. But it's always fun, intense and entertaining when it needs to be. The experience is packed ... «University at Buffalo The Spectrum, Sep 14»
8
Polish FM's oral sex comment on US 'shows his political realism …
Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has proven his “political realism” by comparing his country's relations with the US to unrewarding oral sex, the ... «RT, Jun 14»
9
Extreme Sailing Series 2014: Boisterous conditions prove …
Boisterous conditions proved unrewarding for Britain's Sir Ben Ainslie on the Olympic sailing waters of Qingdao, where the quadruple gold medallist is racing in ... «The Independent, May 14»
10
Nuke commander: Lessons learned from cheat scandal
... obtained by The Associated Press last year cited that many ICBM launch officers are feeling “burnout” because of the stress and unrewarding nature of the job. «Wyoming Tribune, Apr 14»

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