Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Thankless

Thankless , adjective

1.
Not acknowledging favors; not expressing thankfulness; unthankful; ungrateful.
That she may feel How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is To have a thankless child! — Shakespeare
2.
Not obtaining or deserving thanks; unacceptable; as, a thankless task.
To shepherd thankless, but by thieves that love the night allowed. — Chapman