ungrateful
adjective
un·grate·ful
ˌən-ˈgrāt-fəl 
1
: showing no gratitude : making a poor return
an ungrateful child
2
: disagreeable
also
: thankless
ungratefulness
noun
Examples of ungrateful in a Sentence
I don't mean to seem ungrateful.
the park's custodial staff has the ungrateful job of cleaning up after the Independence Day party is over
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Marianne Eloise, Vulture, 10 May 2025
In the first, Trump treated a moral hero as an ungrateful scoundrel.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 27 Apr. 2025
Maybe not quite yet, but ungrateful is no way to stay breathing around Joe.
—Sara Netzley, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Easy to dismiss the Indigenous as primitive and ungrateful.
—Christine Winter, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2025
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“Ungrateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ungrateful. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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ungrateful
adjective
un·grate·ful
ˌən-ˈgrāt-fəl
ˈən-
1
: not thankful for favors
an ungrateful child
2
: not pleasing : disagreeable
an ungrateful task
ungratefulness
noun
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