thankless task
collocation in Englishmeaningsofthanklessandtask
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thankless
adjective
uk/ˈθæŋk.ləs/us/ˈθæŋk.ləs/
A thankless job is difficult or unpleasant, and people do not thank you ...
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task
noun
uk/tɑːsk/us/tæsk/
a piece of work to be done, especially one done regularly, unwillingly, or ...
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(Definition ofthanklessandtaskfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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As she discovered, serving the region from within was sometimes athanklesstask.
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While nationalists of every ideological hue celebrated this economic demarcation, the less emotive civil servants were left with thethanklesstaskof pursuing this policy to its logical conclusions.
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This might end up being athanklesstask, given the need to deflate egos not accustomed to having their laboratories turned upside-down by outsiders.
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It is largely athanklesstask; he grudges nothing.
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But we must remember that it is athanklesstaskbeing chairman of such a corporation.
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One pilot said that he was pursuing athanklesstask.
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Certainly, it can only have been athanklesstask.
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I think they have a mostthanklesstask.
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He has thethanklesstaskof answering for a number of departments.
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After all, it is a somewhatthanklesstaskin many respects to serve on local authorities.
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They assume thatthanklesstaskin a most professional manner.
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It has been a difficult and athanklesstask.
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Steering the complicated economy of any advanced country is a fairlythanklesstask.
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It is hard to imagine a morethanklesstask.
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I entirely agree that it is a very difficult, intricate, and somewhatthanklesstaskat best.
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I have thethanklesstaskof contending for principles against emotions.
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He has had a very difficult and a verythanklesstask.
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We should always praise the soldiers, who have athanklesstask.
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They deserve all support for their efforts in what often seems athanklesstask.
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