Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not feeling or showing gratitude; ungrateful.
- adjective Not likely to be appreciated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unthankful; ungrateful; not acknowledging kindness or benefits.
- Not deserving thanks, or not likely to be rewarded with thanks: as, a thankless task.
- Synonyms See
grateful .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
- adjective Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of a task not
appreciated orrewarded - adjective of a person
ungrateful orunappreciative
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not feeling or showing gratitude
- adjective not likely to be rewarded
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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KOINANGE (voice-over): Ten years of glitz and glamour, honoring the men and women who serve in what many here call a thankless profession.
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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.
Border and Bastille 1851
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GOLDMAN: The BCS hired Hancock in 2005, partly because he had the right temperament for what one BCS official calls a thankless job.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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Not only didn't he mind being given a job often described as thankless, but in real life David
latimes.com - News 2011
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Not only didn't he mind being given a job often described as thankless, but in real life David
latimes.com - News 2011
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Not only didn't he mind being given a job often described as thankless, but in real life David
latimes.com - News 2011
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The jobs, and many others that could be called thankless, fall to inmates at the Wicomico County Detention Center.
unknown title 2009
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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.
Verbal Spew 2008
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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.
Verbal Spew 2008
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