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单词 thanklessness
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thanklessnessn.

Etymology: formed as thankless adj. + -ness suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈthanklessness.
The quality or condition of being thankless; ungratefulness, unthankfulness.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [noun]
ingratitude1340
unkindnessa1393
slowfulness1484
unthankfulnessc1500
ingratuity1528
ungratitude1548
ingratefulness1570
thanklessness1583
ungratefulnessa1586
1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie vii. 41 Were it not too shamefull a thankelesnesse in vs if wee shoulde not bee [etc.].
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 404 Thy thanklesnesse, And such like Sinnes.
1840 L. Hunt Legend of Florence i. ii Friendship ends, In treachery and in thanklessness begun.
1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 273 Thanklessness shuts the door to God's personal mercies to us.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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