thankless
Example Sentences
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These are time-consuming and often thankless jobs for a friend.
From MarketWatch
How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless audience.
From Los Angeles Times
The only question is: Who in the world would want the thankless job?
From Salon
Being an executor is often a lonely, time-consuming and thankless task.
From MarketWatch
Neither of ABT’s two hardworking casts, with leading couples framed by male and female ensembles, made their dramatically opaque and intermittently acrobatic work look more than thankless.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.