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thankless task

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meanings of thanklessand task


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thankless
adjective
uk /ˈθæŋk.ləs/ us /ˈθæŋk.ləs/
A thankless job is difficult or unpleasant, and people do not thank you ...
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task
noun
uk /tɑːsk/ us /tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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Examples of thankless task


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As she discovered, serving the region from within was sometimes a thanklesstask.
While nationalists of every ideological hue celebrated this economic demarcation, the less emotive civil servants were left with the thanklesstask of pursuing this policy to its logical conclusions.
This might end up being a thanklesstask, given the need to deflate egos not accustomed to having their laboratories turned upside-down by outsiders.
It is largely a thanklesstask; he grudges nothing.
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But we must remember that it is a thanklesstask being chairman of such a corporation.
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One pilot said that he was pursuing a thanklesstask.
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Certainly, it can only have been a thanklesstask.
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I think they have a most thanklesstask.
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He has the thanklesstask of answering for a number of departments.
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After all, it is a somewhat thanklesstask in many respects to serve on local authorities.
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They assume that thanklesstask in a most professional manner.
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It has been a difficult and a thanklesstask.
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Steering the complicated economy of any advanced country is a fairly thanklesstask.
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It is hard to imagine a more thanklesstask.
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I entirely agree that it is a very difficult, intricate, and somewhat thanklesstask at best.
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I have the thanklesstask of contending for principles against emotions.
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He has had a very difficult and a very thanklesstask.
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We should always praise the soldiers, who have a thanklesstask.
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They deserve all support for their efforts in what often seems a thanklesstask.
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