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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
Anything else feels ungrateful.
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Faring even worse is Clara, thinly rendered as an ungrateful child and an obstacle for her mother.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Behind the screens are two apartment buildings, undoubtedly ungrateful to such loud and bright entertainment provided free of charge.
—Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
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Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Faring even worse is Clara, thinly rendered as an ungrateful child and an obstacle for her mother.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Sep. 2025
Old fogey-ish, ungrateful and stupid.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Behind the screens are two apartment buildings, undoubtedly ungrateful to such loud and bright entertainment provided free of charge.
—Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ungrateful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungrateful
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But Meredith’s not laughing, and the back-and-forth escalates enough for Captain Jason, who was meant to join the women for dessert, to slip away from the table unnoticed.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
5 Nov. 2025
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Many victims only realize something is wrong after small, unnoticed transactions slowly drain their accounts.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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People at work have made rude comments pertaining to my hearing.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Though Jackson acknowledged that those time crunches can be stressful, being rude isn't the way to go.—
Natalia Senanayake,
PEOPLE,
31 Dec. 2025
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Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars as an unappreciated bank teller who buys the flowing red frock at a department store, only to have her life go from bad to worse.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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Something approaching ecological grief now surfaced in his work, a sense that Big Sky Country’s outdoor life—and with it, the folkways of people who beat the sun to rising and who know how to shoe a horse and gut and pack out an elk—was becoming gradually impossible, or at least unappreciated.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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From trad wives to spin classes to caregiving, Smithuijsen reveals how late stage capitalism strips women of agency and traps them in endless cycles of empty consumption and thankless labor.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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For the thankless task of straight man, Reiner won two Emmys.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Dec. 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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Not having matches in a waterproof container was another thoughtless mistake.—
Bill Shaber,
Outdoor Life,
22 Oct. 2025
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Buying things is becoming as thoughtless as sending a text.—
Patrick van Esch,
The Conversation,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Ungrateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungrateful. Accessed 7 Jan. 2026.
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