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Meanings of thankless work in English

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Usage of thankless work in English
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Yes, it is hard work and frequently thankless work to deal with these patients.
Nature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease...
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He said it was thankless work to help such miserable beings as they were.
The Saga of Grettir the Strong: Grettir's Saga
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But why do you say it is a thankless work?
Christie Redfern's Troubles
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It's thankless work, because if everything goes well, no one knows these people even exist.
Wired
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It is often thankless work with parents blaming them when there are incidents at schools.
The South African
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It's work, little girl-hardand thankless work, that's all.
The Spoilers
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Aug 6 (Reuters) -It is hard, often thankless work being a mature technology company.
Reuters
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And this is not a thankless work.
The American Missionary — Volume 42, No. 01, January, 1888
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Because you were doing the thankless work, as you always are, and fielding for every one else.
A Houseful of Girls
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Lindstrom was occupied in the kitchen -the hardest and most thankless work on an expedition like this.
The South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition...
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Because he was the only person who could do this thankless work without fearing his victims' revenge, said Paul.
The sonderberg case
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The pace that season was too good to inquire; and meddling with another man's folly is always thankless work.
Plain Tales from the Hills
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Impugned and silenced by feminism, men stoically go on doing the dirtiest, most dangerous and thankless work in modern society.
Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism
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Mature tech companies make you want to GOSOBB Aug 6 (Reuters) -It is hard, often thankless work being a mature technology company.
Reuters
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This is largely thankless work, and it may seem that developing a new route exposes one to more risk (criticism, injury, scrutiny) than reward.
Climbing Magazine
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"Nay," said I; "that would be but thankless work.
The Master of Appleby / A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part w...
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Thankless work through the time