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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
But for years, critiquing aspects of fame has been a pretty reliable way of getting a singer dragged as ungrateful or unfit to be famous.
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Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
Lorde’s actions were criticized as cringy, arrogant, or ungrateful.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
Anyone who dismisses these strikers as greedy or ungrateful doesn’t grasp what’s really happening.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Please don’t take me as being ungrateful for the end-of-the-month rain.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ungrateful 
Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
Lorde’s actions were criticized as cringy, arrogant, or ungrateful.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2024
Anyone who dismisses these strikers as greedy or ungrateful doesn’t grasp what’s really happening.
—Peter Georgescu, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
Please don’t take me as being ungrateful for the end-of-the-month rain.
—Chris McKeown, The Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for ungrateful
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ungrateful
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Since so much attention is focused on Whitmore’s offensive contributions (his 10-point, 4-for-6 shooting first quarter against Cleveland, for starters), his effectiveness at the other end often goes unnoticed.—
Kelly Iko,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Like them, Roy is grieving too after losing his daughter to suicide and, while his intentions may be good, his anger at the world does not go unnoticed.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2025
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To chastise you for attending to his mistake and then act as though your laundry were now tainted is rude and hypocritical.—
Judith Martin,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The Joella deluge begins when Lana calls her out at the beginning of the episode for being rude during Untucked about her song.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
17 Jan. 2025
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Your emails — positive, negative, generous and judgmental — do not go unnoticed or unappreciated.—
Anna Holmes,
New York Times,
22 Dec. 2024
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His willingness to make unpopular but necessary decisions went largely unappreciated at the time.—
Jonathan Alter,
TIME,
29 Dec. 2024
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Only a few players doing the game’s thankless tasks reach a level of universal praise akin to the one Girma has.—
Jeff Rueter,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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His makeshift solution is a thankless job helping an art critic (a gloriously unhinged Tilda Swinton) assemble the works of her cryogenically frozen husband (RZA).—
Jason Bailey,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 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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Perhaps a bored retiree at home one New Year’s Eve will spot thoughtless kids shooting off fireworks one year.—
Penny Abeywardena,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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The hearing swung from thoughtless to scandalous when one representative suggested that the murderous hawk was a better mascot for Planned Parenthood than for New Hampshire.—
Casey Cep,
The New Yorker,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Ungrateful.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ungrateful. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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