thriftlessness
- a word derived from thrift.
- a word derived from thriftless.
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
Even baby cuckoos were a joy to her, though, on their foster-mothers' accounts she resented the thriftlessness of their parents, and grew tired each year of their monotonous call which ceased not day or night.
From A Maid of the Silver Sea by Oxenham, John
No, my friend, it is not true that the poverty of the poor is due to their sins, thriftlessness and intemperance.
From The Common Sense of Socialism A Series of Letters Addressed to Jonathan Edwards, of Pittsburg by Spargo, John
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
This thriftlessness can be overcome only by a strong public sentiment that corrects the early tendencies of youth to waste of means and energy.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
