inappreciative
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inappreciation noun
- inappreciatively adverb
- inappreciativeness noun
Etymology
Origin of inappreciative
First recorded in 1895–1900; in- 3 + appreciative
Example Sentences
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Was it a tempting demon that said to him, "Lorenzo Sforza might have shielded this treasure from the profanation of lawless violence, from the brute grasp of an inappreciative peasant, but Father Francesco cannot"?
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various
He would rather ask too many questions than run the risk of seeming inappreciative.
From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
The flagon of dandelion vintage played its due part in the repast, and Mr. Bleak began to entertain a new respect for this common flower of which he had been unduly inappreciative.
From In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Haley, Bart
Gray's critical acuteness is not altogether at fault in this judgment, but half of his prophecy has failed, and his mention of Collins is singularly inappreciative.
From A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century by Beers, Henry A. (Henry Augustin)
He threatens to leave us to our barbarism, and no longer to waste his culinary talents upon an ungrateful and inappreciative people.
From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith
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