Category:Thankless

Thank"less, a.

1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; Ungrateful. That she may feel how sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a Thankless child! Shak.

2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless Task. To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. Chapman. -- thank"less*ly, adv. -- thank"less*ness, n.