thankless
IPA: θˈæŋkɫʌs
adjective
- (of a task) not appreciated or rewarded
- (of a person) ungrateful or unappreciative
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Examples of "thankless" in Sentences
- Not only didn't he mind being given a job often described as thankless, but in real life David
- The jobs, and many others that could be called thankless, fall to inmates at the Wicomico County Detention Center.
- GOLDMAN: The BCS hired Hancock in 2005, partly because he had the right temperament for what one BCS official calls a thankless job.
- KOINANGE (voice-over): Ten years of glitz and glamour, honoring the men and women who serve in what many here call a thankless profession.
- That being said, natural charisma goes a long way and even in thankless, underwritten parts, my biggest complaint was that I wanted to see more of the characters.
- Hopefully, the best parts of this game will be imitated and improved upon by future games in the genre, adding real strategy back into a group of games now best known as a thankless grind for bigger and bigger numbers.
- European Powers is exhausted on Poland, and that neither pity nor shame will induce them to break a thankless neutrality, here; but in the face of all barely probable contingencies, I doubt no more of the ultimate result, than I doubt of the ultimate performance of the justice of God.
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