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Plaza, whose comedy chops were honed on NBC’s “Parks and Recreation,” wrings a complete biography from her character’s uningratiating manner.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 28, 2023

In Miss Sloane, Jessica Chastain is bracingly uningratiating as a ruthless Washington DC lobbyist.

From The Guardian • Jan. 17, 2017

He engages here in duologue with Mr. Cyrille, an exacting and uningratiating drummer who had some history with Mr. Lacy, and many other important figures in the avant-garde.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2016

In debate, Hitch was lethal—a super-articulate terrorist, fearless, uningratiating, unforgettable, and unforgetting.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2011

He weighed the cold uningratiating virtues of priggishness against his smouldering passion for Amanda, and against his obstinate sympathy for Prothero's grossness and his mother's personal pride, and he made his choice.

From The Research Magnificent by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)