ingratitude
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Older Americans can read that as apathy or ingratitude.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
She alienates Bonnie and the whole team with bloated speeches, anti-mediocrity platitudes, bursts of temper and displays of ingratitude.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
But the commander in charge of operations along the Calais coast has accused Britain of "ingratitude" and told the BBC he'll withdraw troops if that threat is carried out.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2021
Incarcerating Arturo, a mutual friend tells me, is in part the dictator’s revenge for what he considers the ingratitude of a former employee.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2021
One man lamented, “We punish our children until they become cowards and liars, and then we deplore their heartless ingratitude when we in turn become weak and helpless.”
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
Vocabulary lists containing ingratitude
Novel Study: Julius Caesar, Act 3
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