Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unrewarding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.97 in modern English

Syllables: un-re-ward-ing
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not providing reward or satisfaction.

Example Sentences

"The work is unrewarding and arduous but nevertheless of prime importance to the maintenance of an open line."

Etymology

From un- + rewarding.

Inflected Forms

more unrewarding (comparative) most unrewarding (superlative)

Derived Forms

unrewardingly unrewardingness

Questions

What does unrewarding mean?: Not providing reward or satisfaction.
Where does unrewarding come from?: From un- + rewarding.

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