unremunerative
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈmjun.əˌreɪ.tɪv/
:
no remunerativo
- Now, working for the Leader was starting to feel like just another job -- a particularly unremunerative job.
Examples
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She realized that volunteering for unremunerative projects was not sustainable for her finances.
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This entailed not only the removal of additional forest, but also the expenditure of resources (labor and land) in what proved to be an unremunerative activity.
Academic text (1994) -
From this point of view, the post-Cold War American presence in Europe and East Asia is an exercise in unremunerative babysitting of people who are fully grown.
Academic text (2002) -
Many people avoid taking that unremunerative job because it offers little financial reward.
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After a year of working in an unremunerative position, he decided to pursue a more profitable career.
Synonyms
11
4.9
Not making money for a person or business
3
6.5
Not paid for work or services
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5.5
Not making money or giving any useful result
Not paid for work or help
Something that does not make money
Antonyms
How Profitable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unremunerative = remunerative (transparent) = un + remunerate + ive
The adjective is formed by attaching the productive negative prefix 'un-' to the adjective 'remunerative', yielding the straightforward opposite meaning.
Etymology
The word unremunerative has the part un- meaning 'not' and remunerative, which comes from an old word for 'reward' or 'payment', the same idea as in the English word reward. So unremunerative describes work or activity that does not give pay or profit.