thankless
thankless
Definition
thank·less (-lis)
adjective
- not feeling or expressing thanks; ungrateful
- not producing nor likely to produce thanks; unappreciated
thank′·lessly adverb
thank′·less·ness noun
thankless
Synonyms
thankless
modif.
Not returning thanks
unappreciative, ungrateful, self-centered; see cruel 2, rude 2.Not eliciting thanks
poorly paid, unappreciated, unrewarded, profitless, disagreeable, unrecognized, vain, barren, not worth it; see also useless 1.
thankless
Usage Examples
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.
Browse dictionary entries near thankless
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