thrifty
adjective
practicing thrift or economical management; frugal.
unthriftiness
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a word derived from
thrifty.
Example Sentences
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I cannot accuse myself of either voluntary unthriftiness or neglect of my business, but there are some situations in which it seems impossible for human exertion to stem the torrent of misfortune.
From The History of Sandford and Merton by Thomas Day
The irritation and loss of blood that the animal may suffer when badly infested by this parasite may result in marked unthriftiness.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
Stiles reported extreme anaemia, unthriftiness and many deaths among cattle in a certain section of Texas, due to extensive infection with the Uncinaria radialus.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by R. A. Craig, D.V.M.
The symptoms are rather vague as a rule, but the general result is a condition of unthriftiness.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener
The worst faults of Miss Sheppard's worst style are reproduced here, joined to an unthriftiness in which she had no part nor lot.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various
