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1. (adj.) thankless
not likely to be appreciated or rewarded:
a thankless job.
2. thankless
not feeling or expressing gratitude; ungrateful:
a thankless child.
Etymology: (1530–40)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) ungrateful, thankless, unthankful
not feeling or showing gratitude
"ungrateful heirs"; "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!"- Shakespeare
2. (adj) thankless, unappreciated, ungratifying
not likely to be rewarded
"grading papers is a thankless task"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) thankless
not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful
2. (adj) thankless
not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task
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Sense: for which no-one is grateful
Collecting taxes is a thankless task.
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 Afrikaans: ondankbaar |
 Arabic: غَيْر مَمنون، غَيْر شاكِر |
 Bulgarian: неблагодарен |
 Brazilian: ingrato |
 Czech: nevděčný |
 German: undankbar |
 Danish: utaknemmelig |
 Greek: αχάριστος |
 Spanish: ingrato |
 Estonian: tänamatu |
 Farsi: بی اجر و مزد |
 Finnish: kiittämätön |
 French: ingrat |
 Hebrew: כְּפוּי טוֹבָה |
 Hindi: कृतघ्न |
 Croatian: nezahvalan |
 Hungarian: hálátlan |
 Indonesian: tanpa terima kasih |
 Icelandic: vanþakklátur |
 Italian: ingrato |
 Japanese: ありがたくない |
 Korean: 고마워할 것 같지 않은, 보람 없는 |
 Lithuanian: nedėkingas |
 Latvian: nepateicīgs |
 Malay: tdk tahu bersyukur |
 Dutch: ondankbaar |
 Norwegian: utakknemlig |
 Polish: niewdzięczny |
 Portuguese: ingrato |
 Romanian: ingrat |
 Russian: неблагодарный |
 Slovak: nevďačný |
 Slovenian: nehvaležen |
 Serbian: nezahvalan |
 Swedish: otacksam |
 Thai: ที่ไม่รู้สึกขอบคุณ |
 Turkish: nankör, iyilikten anlamaz |
 Taiwanese: 吃力不討好的 |
 Ukrainian: невдячний |
 Urdu: جس کا کوئي شکريہ نہ ادا ک |
 Vietnamese: vô ơn |
 Chinese: 出力不讨好的 |
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