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[ thangk-lis ] / ˈθæŋk lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR thankless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job. not feeling or expressing gratitude or appreciation; ungrateful: a thankless child. Origin of thanklessFirst recorded in 1530–40; thank + -less SYNONYMS FOR thankless1 unacknowledged, vain, unrewarding, profitless. SEE SYNONYMS FOR thankless ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM thanklessthank·less·ly, adverbthank·less·ness, nounWords nearby thanklessthank, thankee, thankful, thankfully, thank God, thankless, thank one's lucky stars, thanks, thanksgiver, thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Day Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for thanklessLaw-enforcement agencies at all levels of government provide a valuable and often thankless public service in their communities. Are Police Stealing People’s Property?|Joan Blades, Matt Kibbe|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST But it serves no one to perpetuate the idea that parenting is supposed to be an agonizing and thankless slog. Ad's Message to Moms: If You Don’t Think Parenting Sucks, You’re Doing it Wrong|Andy Hinds|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST Hosting the show really is the most thankless—and one of the most trying—jobs in showbiz, but DeGeneres did a helluva job. Surprise! Ellen DeGeneres is the Best Oscars Host in a Decade|Marlow Stern|March 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Ryan's job is thankless, although he is thanked a lot by others. Whoever Wins What, Watch Out For Minnelli|Tim Teeman|March 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Murmelstein was stuck with a thankless and impossible job, caught between the hammer and the anvil, as he tells us. Confessions of a Death Camp Collaborator: Claude Lanzmann’s ‘The Last of the Unjust’|Jimmy So|February 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST To seize and master and utilize these energies appeared a thankless job, albeit a necessary one. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights|Kelly Miller A very hard-working Opera for the principals, and a thankless task. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 99., August 2, 1890.|Various Charlie Anderson, after squandering a fortune on a thankless wife, works for a labourer's hire. The Trail of '98|Robert W. Service She remembered her weary labors and thankless efforts, and a voice replied, "But my yoke is sweet, and my burden light." The Catholic World, Vol. X, October 1869|Various Yet that is exactly what should be expected of him—a Herculean task and a most thankless one. Literature for Children|Orton Lowe
British Dictionary definitions for thankless
adjectivereceiving no thanks or appreciationa thankless job ungratefula thankless pupil Derived forms of thanklessthanklessly, adverbthanklessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to thanklessfruitless, unpleasant, futile, ungrateful, unthankful, barren, disagreeable, distasteful, miserable, unprofitable, useless, vain, wretched, unrequited, unrecognized, unreturned, unrewarding, careless, cruel, heedless |