thankless

thankless
thanklessly, adv.thanklessness, n.
/thangk"lis/, adj.
1. not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job.
2. not feeling or expressing gratitude or appreciation; ungrateful: a thankless child.
[1530-40; THANK + -LESS]
Syn. 1. unacknowledged, vain, unrewarding, profitless.

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