as in ungrateful
not showing gratitude vowed that his unappreciative niece would never receive another birthday present from him

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Recent Examples of unappreciative Apparently, the jabs and insults from his unappreciative guest kept coming. Gil MacIas, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025 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 On the comic side, Stephen Graham and current Oscar lightning rod Andrea Riseborough are absolutely delightful as Matilda's horrible and unappreciative parents. Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 9 Mar. 2023 The underlying justification for their mastery of this bountiful, beautiful semi-tropic place was the conviction that their predecessors — native Americans, Spanish, Mexican — were unappreciative and undeserving, unlike the grateful and energetic Yankee. Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2022 The Leadership Development Institute’s research found that the most common behavioral triggers for negative emotional responses in the workplace were perceiving others as unreliable, unappreciative, micro-managing, abrasive, hostile, overly analytical, aloof, self-centered, or untrustworthy. Tony Gambill, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021 As for Erin, at the start of the film her character comes across as one of the worst dramatic cliches: the unappreciative, nagging spouse. Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2023 No one would blame you for ceasing your generous practices altogether for those relatives who are clearly unappreciative. Washington Post, 29 May 2021 The cautionary word, however, is that humans are prone to what’s called hedonic adaptation, which basically translates to a tendency to revert back to our old – and in this case, unappreciative – ways. Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unappreciative
Adjective
  • 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
  • The situation became even more tense when her father, who was visiting at the time, stepped in and accused her of being ungrateful.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 24 May 2025
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  • And even if that feels rude by the standards of today, people were forced to answer her questions and answer to the things that the public wanted to know.
    Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 23 June 2025
  • There are so many things that can be off or what if just the woman walks in and just is not attracted to the guy or the man is rude to the waiter.
    Steve Baltin, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025

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“Unappreciative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unappreciative. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.

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