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ingratitude

[in-grat-i-tood, -tyood] / ɪnˈgræt ɪˌtud, -ˌtyud /


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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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