Thanklessly

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Thankless \Thank"less\, a.
     1. Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness;
        unthankful; ungrateful.
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              That she may feel


              How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is
              To have a thankless child!            --Shak.
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     2. Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a
        thankless task.
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              To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the
              night allowed.                        --Chapman.
        [1913 Webster] -- {Thank"less*ly}, adv. --
        {Thank"less*ness}, n.
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