How to Use unfulfilling in a Sentence

unfulfilling

adjective
  • The fact is your body can only take being in an unfulfilling career for so long.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 20 Jan. 2022
  • Running away from a dreadful unfulfilling job is a quick way to end up in another one.
    — Adunola Adeshola, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Of course, working fewer hours at an unfulfilling job doesn’t change its basic nature.
    — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 17 June 2021
  • This kind of work can be monotonous and unfulfilling.
    — Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Letting go of something unfulfilling is never a waste.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Many jobs are very difficult, very boring, very unfulfilling.
    — Francesco Marconi, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • How could a celebration of the game’s best and most popular players turn out so bland and unfulfilling?
    — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 26 Jan. 2018
  • This creates a disconnect which for someone such as myself can feel unfulfilling.
    — Fred Minnick, Forbes, 5 July 2022
  • That discomfort can make an unfulfilling role feel safer than an unexplored future.
    — Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Nurses feel overworked, underpaid, and find their jobs unfulfilling and risky.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 5 Dec. 2021
  • For her part, Grace bristles at the presumption that her life is in any way unhappy or unfulfilling.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 18 Nov. 2021
  • That’s a quick summation of why the last 25 years have been so unfulfilling for the organization and its fans.
    — David Moore, Dallas News, 23 Jan. 2021
  • The Irish offense didn’t offer much of a threat to try to break the tie in the final minute which led to the unfulfilling finish in a game mired by mistakes.
    — Tyler James, Indianapolis Star, 2 May 2020
  • Others found the idea of returning to a toxic workplace or an unfulfilling job too awful to contemplate.
    — Renee Tarun, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Asked his feeling about missing all but one meet of the 2020 track season, Hara called it unfulfilling.
    — Steve Brand, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • How many students have opted for safe, lucrative but unfulfilling careers merely to pay off a backbreaking debt load?
    — Aaron Rasmussen, WSJ, 15 July 2021
  • For many, the past two years have prompted a shift in mindset and compelled people to leave unfulfilling jobs that don't align with their values or expectations.
    — Albert Galarza, Forbes, 24 June 2022
  • Those who are underemployed can become frustrated and feel like their careers are unfulfilling.
    — Terry Powell, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2021
  • These two energies together can help you to move forward from a past that felt unfulfilling into a future that’s bright and dynamic.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In turn, the work and the DEIB leader’s potential get shrunk to an unfulfilling small size.
    — Ebony Flake, Essence, 22 Dec. 2022
  • After connecting with viewers over their unfulfilling white-collar jobs, Adkins offers them a way out.
    — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Nick Lardis has spent his most recent call-up on the fourth line, an unfulfilling position given his offensive potential.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The passion and relentlessness that pushes someone to succeed at the highest levels can make the real world feel so unfulfilling.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Sure, pivoting from a stable but unfulfilling career to a more meaningful one could be financially risky.
    — Erin A. Cech, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Olson was suddenly more scared of dying in an unfulfilling relationship than dying alone.
    — Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Wired, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Today, the company is just a shadow of its former self and a wholly unfulfilling experience.
    — David Meyer, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2020
  • So often, trying to eat healthier foods translates to eating boring or unfulfilling meals, which then further translates to a slippery slide back to bad habits.
    — Justin Ward, ExpressNews.com, 1 Jan. 2020
  • Despite the success, Razvan found the work repetitive and unfulfilling.
    — Brianna Kamienski, USA TODAY, 28 June 2024
  • Yet the narrator’s unfulfilling day job serves largely as context for a drifting parable on the gradations of privilege.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2020
  • Because why else would a woman subject herself to being the third wheel in an unfulfilling extramarital affair?
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Sep. 2024

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