thankless task
Example Sentences
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Being an executor is often a lonely, time-consuming and thankless task.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025
Czar or otherwise, the job was a daunting, thankless task.
From BBC • Aug. 13, 2024
So some agents are handing that thankless task to machines.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Disputes between tenants and condo associations over building rules tend to be fairly common and can sometimes make serving on boards feel like a thankless task.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
Instead, Nana had endured the shame of bearing a harami, had shaped her life around the thankless task of raising Mariam and, in her own way, of loving her.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
