ungratifying
- adjective
- /ʌnˈɡrætɪfaɪɪŋ/
:
insatisfactorio
Examples
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Our national dialogue is entirely ungratifying.
Blog text (4) -
When asked what prompted him to risk his life in a seemingly ungratifying act, the student responded, "hashtag YOLO."
Blog text (5) -
I was horrified; I like the real thing; having a replica of a baby is just weird and achingly ungratifying.
Blog text (7) -
Mrs. Hollingsworth was not on her own, but to the extent that she became Janice Halsey again, which was a journey that partook of Orpheus's ascent from the underworld with instructions to not look back, with some comical but not ungratifying sex mixed in, she was on her own, too.
Fiction book (1993) -
Many students found the final project to be ungratifying, as it did not reflect their hard work.
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After hours of tedious tasks, he realized that the day had been ungratifying and offered no sense of achievement.
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She described the job as ungratifying, lacking the joy and satisfaction she had hoped for.
Synonyms
17
3.9
Not good enough to be acceptable
16
6.5
A task people do not notice or praise
12
3.7
Less good than you expected and leaving you disappointed
3
5.5
Something that does not make you feel satisfied or successful
1
4.8
Does not make you feel satisfied or successful
Not enjoyable or satisfying
Not enjoyable, like a bitter taste or a long wait
Antonyms
How Satisfying
Surface Forms
Morphology
ungratifying = gratifying (transparent) = un + gratify + ing
A clear negation 'un-' added to 'gratifying' yields the expected meaning 'not pleasing or satisfying'.
Etymology
Ungratifying starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest is gratify, from the Latin root gratus meaning 'pleasing'. So something ungratifying is 'not pleasing' and does not give satisfaction.