Modifies a noun

• task: They perform a vital, often thankless, task without which your College couldn't function.

• job: I am the Mess President of our company, an always thankless job.

• role: De Niro is fine in what turns out to be a thankless role.

• work: I know that it often may seem like thankless work -- certainly it is often anonymous work.

• child: How sharper than a serpent's tooth is a thankless child.

• life: He speaks to James Mawson Published: 20 March 2005 Campaigners often lead thankless lives.

Modifying Another Word

• pretty: I understand it's probably a pretty thankless job.

• often: They perform a vital, often thankless, task without which your College couldn't function.

• somewhat: Service on the West African Station was a somewhat thankless task and here the navy experienced some of its worst conditions.

• sometimes: The BMF is a sound organization doing a sound, if sometimes thankless, job.

• rather: Bellingham's role as the Inquisitor is rather thankless due to the script seemingly forgetting about her during the middle phase of the play.

• very: And I'm afraid it can also at times seem a very thankless task.