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as in unnoticed
not likely to be appreciated by those who benefit
the park's custodial staff has the ungrateful job of cleaning up after the Independence Day party is over
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as in rude
not showing gratitude
although the food was being provided for free, the ungrateful recipients could not refrain from complaining that it was not to their liking
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Recent Examples of ungrateful
To Tess, her daughter is self-centered, ungrateful and way too loud.
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
If allegations against Tyler Perry are proven, distancing themselves to protect their brand will still appear opportunistic and ungrateful.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Those comments, however, frustrated several former White House officials, who said that Wayne seemed ungrateful, and believed that the rapper had played Trump and his advisers, like son-in-law Jared Kushner, into helping him.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025
The billionaire tech and media mogul suggested earlier Thursday that Trump would not have gotten elected last fall without him and called him ungrateful.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 5 June 2025
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Kirk Honeycutt, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025
If allegations against Tyler Perry are proven, distancing themselves to protect their brand will still appear opportunistic and ungrateful.
—Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 24 June 2025
Those comments, however, frustrated several former White House officials, who said that Wayne seemed ungrateful, and believed that the rapper had played Trump and his advisers, like son-in-law Jared Kushner, into helping him.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 30 May 2025
The billionaire tech and media mogul suggested earlier Thursday that Trump would not have gotten elected last fall without him and called him ungrateful.
—Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungrateful
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When grit turns into quiet burnout, organizations risk losing their most valuable contributors, not because of a lack of ability, but due to sustained overload that has gone unnoticed.—
Laurie Shakur,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Its presence had long gone unnoticed — until some determined scientists visited.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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Fox News host Dana Perino, a former White House press secretary, called out how rude the governor’s messages tended to be.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
24 Aug. 2025
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The Russian military faced a rude surprise on Ukrainian battlefields in part because in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, professionalism is secondary to politics.—
David French,
Mercury News,
20 Aug. 2025
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De Ligt — who turned 26 before the new Premier League season — is good at doing the dirty parts that can go unappreciated.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
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Their contributions to our city are essential, though often unappreciated.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
30 July 2025
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The same goes for Hauser’s thankless role as Ed Hocken Jr., who plays straight man to Frank’s self-serious dimwit, when the writers remember to include him.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
30 July 2025
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Whitaker, meanwhile, has a thankless role as an empath whose narrative function flips between making improbable, almost psychic pronouncements, and stating the painfully obvious.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
7 July 2025
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Apparently, the jabs and insults from his unappreciative guest kept coming.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
3 Jan. 2025
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Complaining about the food, comparing it to other meals, or ignoring efforts made by the host also comes across as disrespectful and unappreciative.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
28 Nov. 2024
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In the days depicted in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, thoughtless incarceration of the mentally ill was too common.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 July 2025
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Even the most robust firewalls can be rendered ineffective with a single thoughtless click.—
Stu Sjouwerman,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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“Ungrateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungrateful. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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