thankless

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

THANK'LESS, adjective Unthankful; ungrateful; not acknowledging favors. That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child. 1. Not deserving thanks, or not likely to gain thanks; as a thankless office.
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