Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not thanked; not repaid with acknowledgments.
- Not received with thankfulness.
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- adjective Not having been
thanked .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You/will/be judged on the latter criteria by us, and by your poor, unthanked, unregarded, put-upon, left to rot by the hierarchy troops (who must be about * that* close to fragging some of you themselves).
See No Evil…… (at least until the next financial year) « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2010
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They're the things that usually go unthanked, unnoticed.
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And most acts of heroism go unnoticed and unthanked.
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Limited 'face' time: most donors on Facebook go unthanked by charities.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Woman loses health insurance for smiling on Facebook 2009
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I have been cleaning public restrooms, unasked and unthanked, because It makes me feel less afraid and more connected to the world ... how funny is that?
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The Kuun-Lan plays a key role in defeating the Taiidan force but, as usual, the Somtaaw go unthanked for their efforts.
Archive 2009-04-01 Adam Whitehead 2009
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(You know you're at a lefty folk concert when the invisible and unthanked workers get the loudest applause.)
Katie Halper: An Insider's (AKA Commie Jew's) Perspective on Pete Seeger's Birthday Concert! 2009
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The Kuun-Lan plays a key role in defeating the Taiidan force but, as usual, the Somtaaw go unthanked for their efforts.
Wertzone Classics: Homeworld Cataclysm Adam Whitehead 2009
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With his clipped Cherman accent and youthful fetlock, he was a reliable exotic, good to go as any number of front desk clerks, doctors and civil servants, but so often uncredited and unthanked.
31 Screams: Norbert Schiller Arbogast 2008
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They made their secret voiceless worship, they did their steadfast, uninspired, unthanked, unselfish work as helpful daughters, as nurses, as faithful servants, as the humble providences of homes.
In the Days of the Comet Herbert George 2006
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