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/ʌnθˈæŋkfəl/
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ADJECTIVE
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not feeling or showing gratitude
How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is / To have a thankless child!
ungrateful heirs
How To Use unthankful In A Sentence
- ‘Mrs Dombey,’ said he, ‘it may not be inconsistent with my daughter’s improvement to know how very much to be lamented, and how necessary to be corrected, a stubborn disposition is, especially when it is indulged in — unthankfully indulged in, I will add — after the gratification of ambition and interest. Dombey and Son
- Indeed, it is their unthankfulness for genuine favours that renders them so guilty.
- Thankfully, no one was hurt, and unthankfully, the several men got away, but this Apple Store is now nothing but a crime scene.
- Some show this unthankfulness in another way, for they always dwell most on what they have not got.
- In his will, Knox addressed the "Papists and the unthankful world," telling them that "because they will not admit me for an admonisher, I give them over to the judgement of Him who knows the hearts of all. Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles
- Life here, and this present, have been depreciated unduly, untruly, and unthankfully. Expositions of Holy Scripture St. Luke
- The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! Henry Ward Beecher
- I must be thankful for small mercies, I suppose," said he, unthankfully. Mates at Billabong
- The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies; but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings! Henry Ward Beecher
- I'm persuaded that unthankfulness plays a greater role in our lives than it is comfortable to admit.