not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task"
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ungratifying
How to use ungratifying in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for ungratifying.
Editorial note
At first it can feel ungratifying to program this way, even scary. You could be 85% done with your planned architecture and have almost no visible behavior of your final product, with that last 15% being the actual high level abstractions that really tie everything together and the project just seems to pop into completion.
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Quick take
not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task"
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Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for ungratifying.
adjective
not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task"
See also: thankless, unappreciated
Example sentences
At first it can feel ungratifying to program this way, even scary. You could be 85% done with your planned architecture and have almost no visible behavior of your final product, with that last 15% being the actual high level abstractions that really tie everything together and the project just seems to pop into completion.
If I'm going to use someone's results as basis for my own research, I really want to know that this is a final, "as good as they reasonably can make it" result, not an "oh we're not quite done with the hard, ungratifying work of actually crossing the ts and dotting the is but here it is" kind of result.
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How do you use ungratifying in a sentence?
At first it can feel ungratifying to program this way, even scary. You could be 85% done with your planned architecture and have almost no visible behavior of your final product, with that last 15% being the actual high level abstractions that really tie everything together and the project just seems to pop into completion.
What does ungratifying mean?
not likely to be rewarded; "grading papers is a thankless task"
What part of speech is ungratifying?
ungratifying is commonly used as adjective.