inappreciative

Example Sentences

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His discontent passed vapor-like through all her gentle loving manifestations, and clung to that inappreciative world which she had only brought nearer to him.

From Middlemarch by Eliot, George

You must have thought me rude and inappreciative; but the fact is I was so startled that I forgot to tell you why I went.

From The Nebuly Coat by Falkner, John Meade

Not all culture, however, is equally destructive and inappreciative.

From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John

The Boers, inappreciative of pluck in that form, kept up a steady fire on the wounded trooper and his heroic officer until they were safe out of range.

From Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith by Pearse, H. H. S. (Henry Hiram Steere)

After much hesitation, a grammar-school, built by an enterprising landlord for an inappreciative population that had declined to support it, was selected as the most suitable location for the festivities.

From Muslin by Moore, George (George Augustus)