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ungrateful

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un⋅grate⋅ful

  [uhn-greyt-fuhl]
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–adjective
1. unappreciative; not displaying gratitude; not giving due return or recompense for benefits conferred: ungrateful heirs.
2. unpleasant; distasteful; repellent: an ungrateful task.
Origin:
1545–55; un- 1 + grateful

Related forms:
un⋅grate⋅ful⋅ly, adverb
un⋅grate⋅ful⋅ness, noun
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un·grate·ful   (ŭn-grāt'fəl)   
adj.  

  1. Not feeling or exhibiting gratitude, thanks, or appreciation.

  2. Not agreeable or pleasant; repellent: "I will not perform the ungrateful task of comparing cases of failure" (Abraham Lincoln).

un·grate'ful·ly adv., un·grate'ful·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

ungrateful 
1553, from un- (1) "not" + grateful.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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