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Meanings of ungratifying in English

Not likely to be rewarded.

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Examples for "thankless"
Examples for "thankless"
1
The second Mrs de Winter is, in many ways, a thankless part.
The Irish Times
2
Just one more thankless task and you can start working murders again.
Back on murder
3
We are aware at some level that refereeing is a thankless task.
The Irish Times
4
Making a tweet count is a thankless task, but it's not impossible.
The Guardian
5
Setting can often be a thankless job, but it should not be.
Climbing Magazine
1
Further analysis uncovers previously unappreciated transcriptional prepatterning in cortical neural stem cells.
Pubmed
2
The unappreciated serenader appeared squelched by this threat, for complete silence followed.
The Spanish Chest
3
A publisher might spend his whole day receiving regiments of unappreciated geniuses.
The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
4
His father, an artist of unappreciated talent, had died twenty years before.
In Friendship's Guise
5
She loves him, although she knows that her affection is unreturned, unappreciated.
Run to Earth: A Novel
Usage of ungratifying in English
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That's an ungratifying opinion to report given the poignant back-story.
Reuters
Frequent collocations
Ungratifying through the time