unthrifty
- a word derived from thrifty.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Thrifty trees are not usually bothered with borers, and unthrifty trees should be made into firewood.
From The Apple by Various
An old maternal robin showed much interest in this lonely, weak-legged youngster, who seemed so unthrifty about picking up ants for himself, but he squealed with fright and flew to us whenever she approached him.
From Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road by Bates, Katharine Lee
A farm valued at $500 annual rent might, under thrifty management, produce twice as much as under unthrifty management.
From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson
Woe to the unthrifty gardener, who, while drilling in his mustard, or cress, or radishes, scatters a few seeds on the surface!
From British Birds in their Haunts by Johns, Rev. C. A.
I cannot doubt that the cultivation, or lack of cultivation, which produces or permits such results, is not merely slovenly, but unthrifty.
From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Greeley, Horace
