thankless task
Example Sentences
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And somehow she had to crack China’s near-total dominance of the world’s rare earths—a strategically important but commercially thankless task.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 18, 2026
Being an executor is often a lonely, time-consuming and thankless task.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 18, 2025
“We recognize that this charge is compounded by technological developments such as social media, which transcend the geographic boundaries of the school. It is a thankless task for which we are all indebted.”
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2025
Rowland commits to the thankless task of playing a smart woman gone stupid.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Instead, Nana had endured the shame of bearing a harami, had shaped her life around the thankless task of raising Mariam and, in her own way, of loving her.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
