ingratitude
Example Sentences
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Older Americans can read that as apathy or ingratitude.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Seizing hold of the character’s emotional savagery, Jackson let us see that it was born not just from royal entitlement but also from filial selfishness and ingratitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2023
I’m also wondering if those five negative traits — selfishness, frugality, ingratitude, anger, depression — are really just one condition with five symptoms.
From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2022
But the commander in charge of operations along the Calais coast has accused Britain of "ingratitude" and told the BBC he'll withdraw troops if that threat is carried out.
From BBC • Sep. 28, 2021
Gleefully, she turned on the faithful Robbie, and with the basest of ingratitude, rewarded him for his sacrifice by taunting him cruelly for a lack of running ability.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Vocabulary lists containing ingratitude
Novel Study: Julius Caesar, Act 3
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