Meanings
- uncountableLack of appreciation; failure to appreciate; ingratitude.
Music unappreciation: A new book by Lawrence Kramer laments the dwindling enthusiasm for classical music and examines what could be lost.
2007 July 2, Edward Rothstein, “Classical Music Imperiled: Can You Hear the Shrug?”, in New York Times1 more example
To delve in an ongoing exploration of this action is to convey unappreciation for a "true expression of gratitude" and may lead the giver to feelings of shame...
2003, Robert J. Wicks, Richard D. Parsons, Donald Capps, Clinical handbook of pastoral counseling, page 116Synonyms: inappreciation
Synonyms & antonyms
nounLack of appreciation; failure to appreciate; ingratitude.
Origin
Cite this entry
unappreciation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappreciation
“unappreciation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappreciation. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unappreciation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unappreciation.
Source: unappreciation on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.