thankless

Example Sentences

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“It’s all about tech. It’s thankless to own the other sectors now,” said Jay Hatfield, chief executive officer and portfolio manager at Infrastructure Capital Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

Being an executor is often a lonely, time-consuming and thankless task.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025

“I’m surprised by that amount of money, and it just goes to show that even though teaching is a thankless job, the students are craving and grateful for a role model.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2025

It’s grueling and thankless work, but it feeds her impoverished family.

From Salon • Jun. 28, 2025

Yes, the presidency was a thankless job, “a most unpleasant seat, full of thorns, briars, thistles, murmuring, fault-finding, calumny, obloquy.”

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis