Definitions
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- adjective Not providing
gratification .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not likely to be rewarded
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Examples
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Mr. SIEGEL: Well, I think there are there is extremist rhetoric, certainly, but I think long ago, the American political landscape became defined by titillating incidents rather than ungratifying facts or policy positions.
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Mr. SIEGEL: Well, I think there are there is extremist rhetoric, certainly, but I think long ago, the American political landscape became defined by titillating incidents rather than ungratifying facts or policy positions.
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Last Chapter is heavy with remorse and pain, and when Peter Torbiörnsson finally confronts Thomas Borge -- the Sandinista probably most responsible for ordering the slaughter in the press conference -- the results are ungratifying.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Film Reviews: After the Wars Stewart Nusbaumer 2010
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Last Chapter is heavy with remorse and pain, and when Peter Torbiörnsson finally confronts Thomas Borge -- the Sandinista probably most responsible for ordering the slaughter in the press conference -- the results are ungratifying.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Film Reviews: After the Wars Stewart Nusbaumer 2010
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Last Chapter is heavy with remorse and pain, and when Peter Torbiörnsson finally confronts Thomas Borge -- the Sandinista probably most responsible for ordering the slaughter in the press conference -- the results are ungratifying.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Film Reviews: After the Wars Stewart Nusbaumer 2010
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Last Chapter is heavy with remorse and pain, and when Peter Torbiörnsson finally confronts Thomas Borge -- the Sandinista probably most responsible for ordering the slaughter in the press conference -- the results are ungratifying.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Film Reviews: After the Wars Stewart Nusbaumer 2010
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Last Chapter is heavy with remorse and pain, and when Peter Torbiörnsson finally confronts Thomas Borge -- the Sandinista probably most responsible for ordering the slaughter in the press conference -- the results are ungratifying.
Stewart Nusbaumer: Film Reviews: After the Wars Stewart Nusbaumer 2010
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Work from there and create a win-win situation rather than a silly and ungratifying win-lose scenario. development
Archive 2004-01-01 Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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Work from there and create a win-win situation rather than a silly and ungratifying win-lose scenario. development
notes from the peanut gallery Dean Francis Alfar 2004
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Looking back, though, I think ungratifying is the wrong word.
What have I got myself into? Part 3 wakko101 2002
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