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1 thankless
adjective (for which no-one is grateful: Collecting taxes is a thankless task.) ingratothankless adj ingratotr['ɵæŋkləs]1 ingrato,-athankless ['ɵæŋkləs] adj: ingratoa thankless task: un trabajo ingratoadj.• desagradecido, -a adj.• ingrato, -a adj.• sin recompensa adj.'θæŋkləs, 'θæŋklɪsadjective <task/job> ingrato['θæŋklɪs]ADJ (=unrewarding, ungrateful) ingrato* * *['θæŋkləs, 'θæŋklɪs]adjective <task/job> ingrato -
2 ingrato
ingrato
◊ -ta adjetivo‹trabajo/tarea› unrewarding ■ sustantivo masculino, femenino ungrateful wretch (o swine etc) (colloq), ingrate (liter)
ingrato,-a
I adjetivo
1 (persona) ungrateful
2 (objeto, situación) unpleasant
3 (que no compensa) thankless, unrewarding: tengo un trabajo muy ingrato, I have a very thankless job
II sustantivo masculino y femenino ungrateful person ' ingrato' also found in these entries: Spanish: encasquetar - ingrata English: invidious - thankless - ungrateful - disagreeable - unappreciative -
3 ingrata
ingrato,-a
I adjetivo
1 (persona) ungrateful
2 (objeto, situación) unpleasant
3 (que no compensa) thankless, unrewarding: tengo un trabajo muy ingrato, I have a very thankless job
II sustantivo masculino y femenino ungrateful person -
4 tarea
tarea sustantivo femenino
tarea sustantivo femenino
1 (labor) job, task
tarea escolar, homework, US assignments pl 2 tareas domésticas, housework sing ' tarea' also found in these entries: Spanish: A - absorbente - acometer - afanosa - afanoso - apresurada - apresurado - asignación - cometido - corresponder - cumplir - desagradecida - desagradecido - emprender - empresa - encargo - ensimismarse - evadir - fijarse - función - gratificar - hacer - hueso - imponerse - imposición - lanzarse - marrón - muerta - muerto - terminar - trabajo - ultimar - zafarse - abrumador - acabar - alcanzar - antipático - asignar - asumir - atrancar - cargo - colaborador - colaborar - costoso - deber - dejadez - dejado - despachar - diario - empezar English: accomplish - accomplishment - allocation - arduous - assign - assignment - begin - challenging - chore - cinch - delegate - distasteful - do over - embark - execute - execution - finish - finished - get off - get over - go about - job - labour - massive - mission - rush - set - task - thankless - uphill - work - admittedly - home - labor - throw - under
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thankless — thank|less [ˈθæŋkləs] adj [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: thank (noun); THANKS2] 1.) a thankless job is difficult and you do not get any praise for doing it thankless task/job/chore etc ▪ Cooking every day is a thankless task. 2.) literary a thankless… … Dictionary of contemporary English
thankless — adjective 1 a thankless job is difficult and you do not get any praise for doing it: a thankless task: Cooking for the family every day is a thankless task. 2 literary a thankless person is not grateful: a thankless child thanklessly adverb … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
thankless — thanklessly, adv. thanklessness, n. /thangk lis/, adj. 1. not likely to be appreciated or rewarded; unappreciated: a thankless job. 2. not feeling or expressing gratitude or appreciation; ungrateful: a thankless child. [1530 40; THANK + LESS] Syn … Universalium
thankless — thank•less [[t]ˈθæŋk lɪs[/t]] adj. 1) not likely to be appreciated or rewarded: a thankless job[/ex] 2) not feeling or expressing gratitude; ungrateful: a thankless child[/ex] • Etymology: 1530–40 thank′less•ly, adv. thank′less•ness, n … From formal English to slang
thankless — ► ADJECTIVE 1) (of a job or task) unpleasant and unlikely to gain the appreciation of others. 2) not showing or feeling gratitude … English terms dictionary
thankless — [[t]θæ̱ŋkləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n If you describe a job or task as thankless, you mean that it is hard work and brings very few rewards. Soccer referees have a thankless task … English dictionary
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