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ungrateful

[uhn-greyt-fuhl] / ʌnˈgreɪt fəl /


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Or she could give you a spikey response: “How ungrateful you are. Fine, don’t expect a red cent from me.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Many felt Ukraine was ungrateful to Poland, which opened its borders to millions of Ukrainians fleeing the full-scale Russian invasion, and continues to provide shelter to almost a million refugees.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

He said his mother sued him this year in a land ownership dispute under Thailand's "ungrateful child" law, which allows parents to reclaim assets previously given to children deemed unappreciative through their behaviour.

From Barron's May 25, 2026

To a devoted friend, such as Edward FitzGerald, the translator of the “Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám,” who supported him for years, Tennyson could be rude, cold and ungrateful.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 20, 2026

She made him feel embarrassed and ungrateful and weak because she had gone to so much trouble to give him life, and to keep that life going, and Billy didn’t really like life at all.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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