unthankedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈθaŋ(k)t/, U.S. /ˌənˈθæŋkt/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] > not thanked
unthanked1562
unacknowledged1583
thankless1638
1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory Pref. Suche they are, as be gone from the world, of whome I am sure to be vnthanked.
1637 J. Milton Comus 25 If all the world Should in a pet of temperance feed on Pulse,..Th'all-giver would be unthank't, would be unprais'd.
1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cxcii. 49 Their batter'd Admiral too soon withdrew, Unthank'd by ours for his unfinish'd fight.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite i. 388 Unwelcom Freedom and unthank'd Reprieve.
1814 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 630 Unthanked, and left worse than defenceless, by the friends of the Government.
1897 H. N. Howard Footsteps Proserpine 95 Though unthanked he fall Midway.., His soul shall mount to Heav'n.
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