inappreciative

Example Sentences

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Was it a tempting demon that said to him, "Lorenzo Sforza might have shielded this treasure from the profanation of lawless violence, from the brute grasp of an inappreciative peasant, but Father Francesco cannot"?

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various

He would rather ask too many questions than run the risk of seeming inappreciative.

From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir

Excusing herself for a few moments, she goes away, rather vexed that Violet should be so inappreciative.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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)

He threatens to leave us to our barbarism, and no longer to waste his culinary talents upon an ungrateful and inappreciative people.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith