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unthankful

[uhn-thangk-fuhl] / ʌnˈθæŋk fəl /


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Consider Second Timothy, 3: 2: “For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy.”

From Salon

‘For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, without natural affection . . . trucebreakers, false accusers.’

From Washington Post

No guest would go away unthankful or less than thoroughly...

From The Wall Street Journal

“At the end of the day,” she told me, “an old person can be just as trying as any other person; just as messy, just as unthankful.”

From The New Yorker

Its principal attribute is humanity, which, in its exercise, is not confined to creeds, or professions; but like the bountiful hand of nature, it dispenses its blessings even to the unthankful and unworthy.

From Project Gutenberg