thanklessly
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6.1
- adverb
- /ˈθæŋkləsli/
- He thanklessly completed the tedious task, knowing no one would appreciate his efforts.
Examples
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And now you are no longer a child, and a silent explosion is taking place, and they are coming back for you, gathering strength to take back what was once theirs, what for ages has been thanklessly received without acknowledgment of the rightful claims, their clear, ultimate entitlement.
Fiction book (1996) -
Neoliberal, business-driven education policy has infiltrated both the Democratic Party and many liberal pundits (both trends that have been observed thanklessly over the years by Jeremiahs ranging from Ramsin ...
Blog text (29) -
To all those who thanklessly fought, thank you.
Blog text (27) -
Sitting all alone out in the cold, thanklessly freezing our beboops off, looking for a chance to lob a few at the enemy and praying for a secondary explosion, wondering if it's all worth it or if it will make any difference.
Blog text (33) -
This time he and his dozens of minions, one of whom, thanklessly, is Dakota Fanning, wear black dusters with marching-band-uniform accents.
Blog text (9) -
Nova has an overflow of excellent Thai restaurants, and every Friday night without fail, government bureaucrats return home to their Lake Barcroft mini-mansions from a week of thanklessly pushing papers and sitting in traffic in our nation's capital, to turn to their spouse and sigh: "Let's just order Thai."
Blog text (28) -
At home, she thanklessly waits hand and foot on her mother, Mary (Mo’Nique), herself a disturbed and disturbing figure, both victim and violator, another link in this gruesome cycle of degradation.
Blog text (15) -
The volunteers worked thanklessly, helping those in need without expecting any recognition.
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She always thanklessly assisted her colleagues, even when they took her help for granted.
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Thanklessly is built from thank ('to give thanks'), plus -less ('without') and -ly (which turns it into an adverb). So, thanklessly means doing something 'without thanks', like working hard while no one says 'thank you'.