unrewarded
Example Sentences
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Vying for a seventh World Cup appearance, the Ticos came in needing to gain ground after draws with Nicaragua and Haiti but their aggressive approach went unrewarded.
From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025
Years of sacrifice, dedication and training had gone unrewarded.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 15, 2024
Given the activism on display in the film, what inspires you to stand up and speak out and take risks — even if your efforts might go unrewarded?
From Salon • Mar. 2, 2023
And at their various events, the Cambridges thanked those who so often go un-thanked and unrewarded for their efforts, drawing attention to stubbornly unfashionable causes and issues.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2022
She left England very young, and, like many of her sex, succeeded in proving that her enterprising spirit was not unrewarded.
From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.