German-English translation for "undankbar"

"undankbar" English translation

undankbar
Adjektiv | adjective adj

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  • ungrateful (gegen to)
    undankbar Person
    undankbar Person
examples
  • thankless
    undankbar Arbeit, Geschäft etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    unrewarding
    undankbar Arbeit, Geschäft etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
    undankbar Arbeit, Geschäft etc figurativ, in übertragenem Sinn | figurative(ly)fig
examples
Admittedly, this is an unrewarding task, but somebody has got to deal with it.
Das ist zugegebenermaßen eine undankbare Aufgabe, aber jemand muss sich damit befassen.
Source: Tatoeba
This is a thankless, difficult role.
Dabei handelt es sich um eine undankbare, schwierige Rolle.
Source: Europarl
Such a thankless task is one that he is happy to leave to someone else.
Diese undankbaren Aufgaben überlässt man dann gerne anderen.
Source: Europarl
After all we had done, he was still ungrateful.
Nach allem, was wir getan hatten, war er immer noch undankbar.
Source: Tatoeba
So why is the world so ungrateful?
Warum ist die Welt dann so undankbar?
Source: News-Commentary
It is a thankless task.
Dies ist eine undankbare Arbeit.
Source: Europarl
I am not brutally selfish, blindly unjust, or fiendishly ungrateful.
Ich bin nicht brutal selbstsüchtig, nicht blindlings ungerecht, nicht teuflisch undankbar.
Source: Books
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