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单词 rewardless
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rewardlessadj.

Brit. /rᵻˈwɔːdləs/, U.S. /rəˈwɔrdləs/, /riˈwɔrdləs/
Forms: see reward n. and -less suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reward n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < reward n. + -less suffix.
That is without reward; unrewarded. Cf. thankless adj.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] > unrewarded
unforyoldenOE
unacquit1390
unmeedya1400
unquita1400
guerdonless?c1400
unrewarded?a1425
unguerdoned1433
unrecompensed1469
rewardless1481
unrequited1556
unrepaid1592
requiteless1606
desertless1607
uncompensated1823
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding
unspeedya1300
speedless13..
improfitablea1325
unthriftyc1374
unnotefula1400
rewardless1481
thriveless1521
unbehovablea1557
thriftless1568
profitless1574
ungainful1599
unprofiteda1616
unthriving1617
ungaining1632
endlessa1640
gainless1640
improficuous1650
unrewarding1651
uncompensated1775
unrepaying1829
ungainsome1832
blind alley1902
dead end1928
1481 (a1470) J. Tiptoft tr. Cicero De Amicicia (Caxton) sig. b7 Ffor vertue is neyther vncurtoyse ne rewardlees [L. immunis], ne proude.
c1500 (a1449) J. Lydgate Isopes Fabules (Trin. Cambr.) 819 in Minor Poems (1934) ii. 594 (MED) The wolffe made holle, of very froward pryde, Sofferyd the crane rewardles to abyde.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Rewardles, as for thankes onely, or vnhiered.
1625 Northhampton-shire Lover 1/1 Wert thou not so regardlesse, of my most kindly offer, And Mayden-like rewardlesse, wouldst entertaine my proffer, My Fathers richest coffer, on thee I would bestow.
1687 T. Shadwell tr. Juvenal Tenth Satyr x. 213 Virtue's less thirsted for than Fame, for who, Her, for her self, Rewardless will pursue?
?1795 A. Temple Serm. 97 It is a rewardless virtue; it has no claims to the stipulations of the gospel.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. i. 34 Yet haply not rewardless we shall trace The dark disastrous years of finished Time.
1886 J. Ruskin Præterita I. xii. 424 Wasted affection, and rewardless semi-virtue.
1947 Internat. Affairs 23 499 After all the years of rewardless toil..to be faced with a new war then and there.
2009 Vancouver Province (Nexis) 26 Mar. a19 Being a cop is such a rewardless job in the Valley yet imagine what it would be like without them.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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