thrift
noun
economical management; economy; frugality.
thriftlessness
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a word derived from
thrift.
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a word derived from
thriftless.
thriftlessadjectivewithout thrift; improvident; wasteful.
Example Sentences
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About 1810 the Rev. Henry Duncan of Ruthwell, Scotland became worried by the thriftlessness of his parishioners.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ignorance and thriftlessness in a community of laborers operates in the same way.
From Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild
She said that a helpless thriftlessness was at the root of the matter.
From The Vicissitudes of Bessie Fairfax by Holme Lee
The two men were as unlike as possible in their habits of work, Dekker having apparently all the thriftlessness and impecunious shamelessness of Micawber himself.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
The place has obviously degenerated since his time; an air of shabbiness and thriftlessness prevails, and ancient smells by no means suggestive of "the odors of Araby the blest" obtrude upon the pilgrim.
From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen) Wolfe
