ingratitude
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Older Americans can read that as apathy or ingratitude.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
Calculated self-awareness is as necessary to the pop star formula as musical prowess; even more so in the digital age, where even a whiff of ingratitude is grounds for cancellation.
From Salon • Aug. 26, 2025
She alienates Bonnie and the whole team with bloated speeches, anti-mediocrity platitudes, bursts of temper and displays of ingratitude.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023
Their blinking patterns and expressions will be monitored to detect stress, fear, ingratitude, deception, boredom, ambivalence, and a host of other feelings, including whether her happiness mirrors her doll’s.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022
And if I had any kind of success at all, it would seem the height of ingratitude.
From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
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Novel Study: Julius Caesar, Act 3
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