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- adjective Insufficiently
appreciative ;ungrateful .
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Examples
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But at least the burdens of bad weather, their minimum-wage jobs and underappreciative customers seem slightly lifted.
This 'Bullet' Travels 18 MPH Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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It would finally disabuse the major networks and maybe even future candidates from investing 1/3 to 1/2 of their campaigning in the same overexposed and underappreciative region of the country.
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We argued that the administration's policy was overly focused on the use of military force, and underappreciative of the power of multilateral diplomatic and economic actions.
March 2005 2005
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Gibbs's remarks stung many House Democrats already deeply frustrated with a White House they see as underappreciative of their legislative efforts.
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