The phrase
"thankless work" refers to tasks or jobs that require effort and time, but go unnoticed or unappreciated.
Full definition
Rather than do the hard and
thankless work of holding local school boards and educators accountable for delivering a quality education, politicians instead opened the escape hatch.
While Strange is bursting
with thankless work, from Rachel McAdams love interest to Michael Stuhlbarg's rival surgeon, Cumberbatch nonetheless bring the least to the table.
But, though praised for his
somewhat thankless work there, those tepidly received superhero films didn't give Chiklis the film career boost you might have expected.
We know that rescuers are recognized for their hard,
seemingly thankless work because they are often inundated with ill and injured dogs, and we give those people credit for making the sacrifices that they do.
James Id is programming and handling all the 3d aspects of the art as well as a ton of
other thankless work ill take credit for.
It's a wonderful speech and will chance how you look at the people who are doing dirty, yes, but incredibly important and
usually thankless work to keep our towns and cities livable.
Anyone working in the federal system knows that most federal judges are anything but «soft,» and yet still their
daily thankless work in defense of constitutional principles for criminal defendants gets attacked by the Republican presidential candidate.
I will defend a career's worth of the anonymous and
thankless work of reviewers who have provided the concerted kind of attention that I undoubtedly needed.
Why being a deputy is an excellent way to make sure you do a lot of
thankless work and never get the boss» job.
You see, Hillary has spent decades doing the relentless,
thankless work to actually make a difference in their lives, advocating for kids with disabilities as a young lawyer, fighting for children's health care as first lady, and for quality child care in the Senate.
His rationale for taking
this thankless work is that he has become accustomed to the rigorous structure of such an environment after years in boarding school.
Moreover, it's
a thankless work that will face an uphill battle followed by almost certain oblivion.
Learning to write well is excruciating, difficult,
thankless work.
We are dedicated to addressing the needs of our city's rescues and shelters who perform
the thankless work of saving animals from potential negative outcomes.
It is tiring,
thankless work, though — if Thomas Kohnstamm's Do Travel Writers Go to Hell?
Too often, litigation is
thankless work.