unappreciated
/'ʌnə'pri:ʃieitid/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Not recognized or valued: Describes something or someone whose worth, merit, or quality is not acknowledged or properly recognized.
- Not receiving gratitude or reward: Describes a task, role, or effort that is unlikely to receive thanks or appropriate compensation.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Her hard work went unappreciated by her superiors. (Her efforts were not recognized or valued by her managers.)
- He felt unappreciated in his role as the team's coordinator. (He felt that his contributions were not properly acknowledged.)
- The unappreciated artist continued to paint, driven by passion alone. (The artist, whose work was not valued, kept painting.)
Advanced Usage
- "to feel unappreciated": to have the sensation that one's efforts or qualities are not recognized.
- Many caregivers feel unappreciated for their tireless work.
- "to remain unappreciated": to continue to not be recognized or valued.
- The historical significance of the site remains unappreciated by the public.
Variants and Related Words
- Unappreciative (adj): Not showing or feeling gratitude or recognition.
- The unappreciative audience left before the performance ended.
- Appreciate (v): To recognize the full worth, quality, or significance of something or someone. (This is the root verb and antonymic concept.)
Synonyms
- Unrecognized: Not acknowledged or given attention.
- Thankless: (Of a job or task) Not likely to be rewarded or thanked.
- Undervalued: Not valued or appreciated highly enough.
Related Phrases
- "a thankless task": A job or duty for which one receives little or no gratitude or reward. This phrase is closely related to one sense of 'unappreciated'.
- Cleaning up after the event was a thankless task.
Adjective
- having value that is not acknowledged
- not likely to be rewarded
- grading papers is a thankless task