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Thankless in a sentence

Thankless meaning

  1. not appreciated or rewarded
  2. ungrateful or unappreciative

Synonyms of Thankless

ungrateful unthankful unappreciative grateful unappreciated ungratifying unrewarding

Related words

Other words often associated with Thankless or its synonyms:

glad unacknowledged rewarding pleasant appreciative unvalued unprofitable unpleasant thankful unsung profitless

Using Thankless

  • The main meaning on this page is: not appreciated or rewarded | ungrateful or unappreciative
  • Useful related words include: ungrateful, unthankful, unappreciative, grateful.
  • In the example corpus, thankless often appears in combinations such as: thankless job, thankless task, the thankless.

Context around Thankless

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

bit 1× usually 1× ryan 1×

Often after:

job 5× role 3× task 3× work 2× unglamorous 1× jobs 1× rewarding 1× profession 1×

Sentence patterns with Thankless

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a bit thankless in relation 1× a really thankless job 1× amy ryan thankless role has 1× and usually thankless jobs many 1× be a thankless profession and 1× been a thankless job but 1× can be thankless work in 1× do the thankless unglamorous work 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ann mcgee had 1× busking can be 1× emma posited that 1× gleeson in the 1× her mother marian 1× i love this 1×

Common sentence endings:

a thankless task 2× always with women 1× and in anonymity 1× and thankless work 1× goose s death 1× in the limelight 1×

Words around Thankless

Just before it in the word index:

thanking 431 thankgod 2 thankfulness 20 thankfully 1.156 thankful 741 thanked 1.835

Just after it in the word index:

thanks 7.960 thanksgiving 1.897 thanksgivings 11 thanksgivukkah 2 thanku 2 thankyou 13

Similar in corpus frequency:

abdur 43 abrasion 43 abscess 43 absconded 43 acclimated 43 acf 43

Corpus analysis for Thankless

  • In this selection, "thankless" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, bit, usually, ryan, job, role and task stand out and add context to how "thankless" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a bit thankless in relation and a really thankless job. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "thankless" sits close to words such as abdur, abrasion and abscess, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with thankless

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It's a really thankless job. (6 words)

This is hard and thankless work. (6 words)

Busking can be a thankless profession and some nights are slower than others. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Scandinavian artist Magnusson uses humor and a light touch to encourage people (starting around age 65) to begin weeding out the detritus of their lives so that their children don’t have the thankless job of disposing of things after the person’s death. (44 words)

I love this whole selection hubbub because even though the job of Veep is so wretched and thankless that there was an entire HBO series devoted to it, who a nominee picks as their running mate is really important. (39 words)

That could be a long and thankless job, but it is a vital one, and one that needs to be done well if Labour is to have any chance at the next election. (33 words)

Question examples

Margaret (Amy Ryan, thankless role) has been cavorting with a young stud she picked up in a bar, but now the kid’s dead and who’s she gonna call? (30 words)

Example sentences (20)

It's a really thankless job.

It's a thankless role, to be sure, but Ryan shares a solid, if brief, chemistry with Edwards and delivers a heartbreaking moment as Carole mourns Goose's death.

The role of Sorcerer Supreme in the Marvel Universe has been a thankless job, but Stephen Strange has more than held up his end of the bargain.

Her mother, Marian Robinson, “was glad to do the thankless, unglamorous work that for generations has strengthened the fabric of this nation,” Michelle Obama said.

I love this whole selection hubbub because even though the job of Veep is so wretched and thankless that there was an entire HBO series devoted to it, who a nominee picks as their running mate is really important.

In a sense, the job is a bit thankless in relation to the musicians who bask in the limelight.

In other words, they do dangerous, sometimes menial, and usually thankless jobs many other Americans will not do, and these jobs are often done without a working wage attached.

Margaret (Amy Ryan, thankless role) has been cavorting with a young stud she picked up in a bar, but now the kid’s dead and who’s she gonna call?

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Scandinavian artist Magnusson uses humor and a light touch to encourage people (starting around age 65) to begin weeding out the detritus of their lives so that their children don’t have the thankless job of disposing of things after the person’s death.

Though it can be thankless work, in no way is this a one-sided arrangement.

All of this makes the FX series a rollicking, commiseration fest anybody who understands that being a parent is thankless, rewarding, beautiful, aggravating, blissful, infuriating, self-sacrificing and tough.

Ann McGee had the brass neck to call in sick again that morning, leaving him with the thankless task of running his deli counter and her rotisserie stand all alone.

Emma posited that even when men are prepared to help, the onus of organising and remembering – a thankless, never-ending, invisible “mental load” – lies almost always with women.

That could be a long and thankless job, but it is a vital one, and one that needs to be done well if Labour is to have any chance at the next election.

The stevedores have a thankless job and carry out their responsibilities quietly and in anonymity.

This is hard and thankless work.

You’ll have to exert a great deal of effort but may find that putting yourself out on behalf of loved ones and family members is a thankless task.

Busking can be a thankless profession and some nights are slower than others.

Gleeson, in the thankless role of a “psycho” with a thing for Claire, decides that his performance doesn’t require him to stir much.

In fact, heaven help the lot of us, even the producers, because trying to tell Michael what to do was often a thankless task.

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Common combinations with thankless

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "thankless" in a sentence?
An example: "It's a really thankless job." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "thankless" from authentic English texts.
What does "thankless" mean?
Thankless means: not appreciated or rewarded
What are synonyms of "thankless"?
Common synonyms of "thankless" include: ungrateful, unthankful, unappreciative, grateful, unappreciated, ungratifying, unrewarding.
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