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UK
/ˌʌnɹɪwˈɔːdɪd/
]
ADJECTIVE
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having acquired or gained nothing
the returned from the negotiations empty-handed
How To Use unrewarded In A Sentence
- Month after month our patience has gone unrewarded until the latest edition of the magazine, when we've managed to bag a whopper.
- Unflashy and hard-working, he does a lot of the unseen, unrewarded work that wins games.
- Jackson has successfully realised the most monumental movie-making feat in recent memory, yet the scale of his achievement seems undervalued and unrewarded.
- This old-school argument for unquestioning and unrewarded obedience contrasts sharply with my claim that praise is more likely to function as a tool for imposing our will and eliciting compliance. Alfie Kohn: Criticizing (Common Criticisms of) Praise
- Sutton and Larsson worked prodigiously but were unrewarded.
- His picture of writers as frustrated, unpraised, unrewarded wretches, pitied at parties and whispered about among families, drew laughter and wry nods.
- The jockey rushed back from America to ride at Nottingham on Monday but went unrewarded.
- Sin shall not go unpunished, and goodness shall not remain unrewarded. The Judge of all the earth must do right.
- Such vigilance and enthusiasm frequently goes unrewarded.
- Fortunately, there are many groups and individuals, often unsung and unrewarded, who are dedicated to ensuring that the 'outsiders' are given a chance to be recognised and respected.