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.

ΘΚΠ

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).

单词	rewardless
释义	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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1481
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