inappreciative

Definition of inappreciativenext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inappreciative
Adjective
  • The president stomped on Cassidy's electoral grave, describing the senator as ungrateful for previous support.
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • There has been a lot of talk about families going no contact –– it has been described as a rising trend of ungrateful adult children being cruel to aging parents or a younger generation setting boundaries with parents unwilling to treat their children with respect.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 10 May 2026
Adjective
  • Campbell can actually be spotted in a photo at the beginning of the teaser trailer for Send Help (embedded below), as an unappreciative Bradley throws the picture of his parents (the father is Campbell) in a trash can.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Apparently, the jabs and insults from his unappreciative guest kept coming.
    Gil Macias, People.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Another thankless gig leads Ben to Cat Hardy (Li Jun Li), a nightclub singer with ties to Brendan Gleeson‘s Silvermane, a vicious mobster engaged in an increasingly heated conflict with the city’s mayor (Michael Kostroff).
    Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026
  • Her performance is uncanny, though the conception and function of the character — a mentally ill innocent who mostly sets other performers and society into relief — is thankless and the film’s weakest link.
    Vadim Rizov, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
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“Inappreciative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inappreciative. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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