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Thankless

thankless
~ adj 1 a thankless job is difficult and you do not get any praise for doing it  (a thankless task)  (Cooking for the family every day is a thankless task.) 2 literary a thankless person is not grateful  (a thankless child) - thanklessly adv
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  If you describe a job or task as thankless, you mean that it is hard work and brings very few rewards. Soccer referees have a thankless task. ADJ: usu ADJ n ...
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
2.
   adjective  Date: 15th century  1. not likely to obtain thanks ; unappreciated a ~ task  2. not expressing or feeling gratitude ; ungrateful how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a ~ child — Shakespeare  • ~ly adverb  • ~ness noun ...
Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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  adj. 1 not expressing or feeling gratitude. 2 (of a task etc.) giving no pleasure or profit. 3 not deserving thanks. Derivatives thanklessly adv. thanklessness n. ...
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  1. неблагодарный thankless pupil —- неблагодарный ученик ...
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  adj. неблагодарный; thankless job - неблагодарная работа ...
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