thankless task
Example Sentences
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Being an executor is often a lonely, time-consuming and thankless task.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 18, 2025
On January 2, 1958, a minor official at the Rome Opera House bore the thankless task of announcing bad news to the audience: Maria Callas had left the building.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024
So some agents are handing that thankless task to machines.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2024
Disputes between tenants and condo associations over building rules tend to be fairly common and can sometimes make serving on boards feel like a thankless task.
From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2022
Despereaux's brothers and sisters soon abandoned the thankless task of trying to educate him in the ways of being a mouse.
From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo
