thankless
not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job.
not feeling or expressing gratitude or appreciation; ungrateful: a thankless child.
Origin of thankless
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Other words from thankless
- thank·less·ly, adverb
- thank·less·ness, noun
Words Nearby thankless
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How to use thankless in a sentence
That quality—exercised in regular trips around TfL’s network to meet Londoners—has powered him through a career in the often thankless task of being the face of city transit systems.
Can Public Transit Survive the Pandemic? London's New Transport Commissioner Wants You to Believe It Can | Ciara Nugent/London | April 2, 2021 | TimeThe thankless, high-risk work EMTs and paramedics do is often called a “calling” because it makes no sense.
The Heartbreak and Horror of Being an EMT During the Pandemic—and Why I'm Still Working | Jennifer Murphy | March 30, 2021 | TimeDigital ads dollars rule the decision making process, social media teams are stretched thin and minimal support often makes for a thankless job, according to social media managers.
‘Always on trauma machine’: Social media managers grapple with burnout, leaving the industry | Kimeko McCoy | January 13, 2021 | DigidayThen there was Veteran’s Affairs, but that’s the dead-end of Cabinet positions — a thankless and also impossible job.
We have a thankless job that no one understands and they don’t think they should pay us very well for.
‘More petty fights between tech titans’: Confessions of a media buyer on Apple vs. Facebook, Google lawsuits | Kristina Monllos | December 18, 2020 | Digiday
Law-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 | THE DAILY BEASTBut 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 | THE DAILY BEASTHosting 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 | THE DAILY BEASTRyan's job is thankless, although he is thanked a lot by others.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTThe imperial army had to be disbanded—a most unpopular and thankless task, requiring both tact and firmness.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonWhat could she be about when, with London a thankless void, she was of course not paying visits?
The Tragic Muse | Henry JamesHis heart swells, and he longs to embrace the thankless Church to which he writes.
Expositor's Bible: The Second Epistle to the Corinthians | James DenneyBut he thought of this taciturn savage, how he had capped thankless service with rarest sacrifice.
Where the Pavement Ends | John RussellBut, if there is a thankless task, it is that of examining the erect image in children from two to three years of age.
Schweigger on Squint | C. Schweigger
British Dictionary definitions for thankless
/ (ˈθæŋklɪs) /
receiving no thanks or appreciation: a thankless job
ungrateful: a thankless pupil
Derived forms of thankless
- thanklessly, adverb
- thanklessness, noun
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