as in ungratefulness
failure or refusal to acknowledge receipt of something good from another their daughter's ingratitude for all that they have done for her is truly appalling

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Recent Examples on the Web Poison’s story of social ingratitude and cross-cultural helplessness ends the anthology with a jolt. Armond White, National Review, 15 Mar. 2024 That amounted to three degrees below average, but warm enough so that asking for more might entail a degree of seasonal ingratitude. Martin Weil, Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2023 In republics, the public is, also, accused of ingratitude to its servants. Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023 But envy and ingratitude sell, so Manjoo gets to misrepresent data, twist facts, and sow resentment in the paper of record. Isaac Schorr, National Review, 25 Nov. 2020 See all Example Sentences for ingratitude 

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“Ingratitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingratitude. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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