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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
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.
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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
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
But the talks blew up after JD Vance falsely accused Zelensky of being ungrateful.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
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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
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
But the talks blew up after JD Vance falsely accused Zelensky of being ungrateful.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 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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Think scarf head coverings for women in Catholic churches, shoe removal for all to enter a mosque, yarmulkes required for men in synagogues, but also pay attention to the cultural norms away from houses of worship and behave accordingly to avoid being considered a rude American.—
Jenny Peters,
Oc Register,
4 Aug. 2025
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The Reddit community nearly unanimously branded the boyfriend as rude and tone-deaf.—
Andrea Margolis,
FOXNews.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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The codes of rhyming that Clipse speak of are as precious as the ethics of journalism, clasped tightly by their advocates, and unappreciated by the unaccustomed.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
27 July 2025
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There are episodes centering on Lisa’s feeling unseen and unappreciated by her parents and turning to a substitute teacher for guidance, the stress caused by the cost of Homer’s looming triple-bypass surgery, Marge’s breaking down when the pressure of motherhood becomes too much to bear.—
Alan Siegel,
The Atlantic,
11 June 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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