"thankless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Middle English thankles, equivalent to thank + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|thankles}} Middle English thankles, {{suf|en|thank|less}} thank + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} thankless (not comparable)
  1. (of a task) not appreciated or rewarded Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-thankless-en-adj-Zm0KllEO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 55 45
  2. (of a person) ungrateful or unappreciative Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-thankless-en-adj-nTqxBbq8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (unappreciated): неблагода́рен (neblagodáren) (Bulgarian), ingrat (Catalan), utaknemmelig (Danish), ondankbaar (Dutch), ótakksamur (Faroese), epäkiitollinen (Finnish), undankbar (German), hálátlan (Hungarian), vanþakklátur (Icelandic), utakknemlig (Norwegian Bokmål), utakknemleg (Norwegian Nynorsk), niewdzięczny (Polish), неблагода́рный (neblagodárnyj) (Russian), ingrato [masculine] (Spanish), despreciado [masculine] (Spanish), otacksam (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'unappreciated': 40 60

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      "sense": "unappreciated",
      "word": "hálátlan"
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      "sense": "unappreciated",
      "word": "vanþakklátur"
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      "sense": "unappreciated",
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      "sense": "unappreciated",
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      "sense": "unappreciated",
      "word": "неблагода́рный"
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      "sense": "unappreciated",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unappreciated",
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