adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a thankless task (= a difficult but necessary job )
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Driving a bus in London must be a pretty thankless task.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
task
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It seems an exhausting and thankless task .
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In some ways that was a thankless task .
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Policing this activity to ensure submission of the reports is an unenviable and thankless task .
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As every true Cornishman knows, it was the wicked Tregeagle who was supposedly punished with this thankless task .
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Looking for reasoning in the forex markets is a thankless task so we won't bother.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a thankless child
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Do-gooding is often tough, thankless work.
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Dole stands up and shoulders the practical and often thankless burden of political leadership.
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In some ways that was a thankless task.
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It seems an exhausting and thankless task.
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Policing this activity to ensure submission of the reports is an unenviable and thankless task.
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Shakur has charisma, and, luckily, the less thankless role: at least his character has a vestige of scruples.