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inappreciative

[in-uh-pree-shee-uh-tiv, -ey-tiv, -shuh-tiv] / ˌɪn əˈpri ʃi ə tɪv, -ˌeɪ tɪv, -ʃə tɪv /






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He threatens to leave us to our barbarism, and no longer to waste his culinary talents upon an ungrateful and inappreciative people.

From The Shirley Letters from California Mines in 1851-52 by Clappe, Louise Amelia Knapp Smith

The Boers, inappreciative of pluck in that form, kept up a steady fire on the wounded trooper and his heroic officer until they were safe out of range.

From Four Months Besieged The Story of Ladysmith by Pearse, H. H. S. (Henry Hiram Steere)

The Forest Laws, made by legislators inappreciative of village difficulties, press hardly on them, and only in a small number of places have Forest Panchayats been established.

From The Case for India by Besant, Annie Wood

The flagon of dandelion vintage played its due part in the repast, and Mr. Bleak began to entertain a new respect for this common flower of which he had been unduly inappreciative.

From In the Sweet Dry and Dry by Haley, Bart

Not all culture, however, is equally destructive and inappreciative.

From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John




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