appreciate
verb (used with object)
to be grateful or thankful for.
unappreciating
-
a word derived from
appreciate.
Example Sentences
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Ah! dear Sarianna, I don't complain for myself of an unappreciating public—I have no reason.
From The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Volume II by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
"Must they waste their sweetness and value on the unappreciating air?"
From Ernest Linwood or, The Inner Life of the Author by Caroline Lee Hentz
Was Mrs. Hemans designed but to serve her surly and unappreciating lord?
From Lives of Celebrated Women by Samuel G. (Samuel Griswold) Goodrich
Ah, dear Sarianna—I don't complain for myself of an unappreciating public.
From Life and Letters of Robert Browning by Robert Browning
I'm going to take most of them home, for I am sure Uncle Zed would not want them to fall into unappreciating hands; but there's no hurry about that.
From Dorian by Nephi Anderson
