thrifty
adjective
practicing thrift or economical management; frugal.
unthrifty
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a word derived from
thrifty.
Example Sentences
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As they come up he weeds out all unthrifty plants, only allowing the strongest to come to maturity.
From The Meaning of Evolution by Samuel Christian Schmucker
They cause the horse to become very unthrifty and thin, the coat being dull, without the natural gloss that is seen in health, or as it is termed, “hide-bound.”
From Notes on Stable Management in India and the Colonies by Joshua A. Nunn
In autumn all horses that have been grazing should be dosed with some vermifuge to destroy the worms that are invariably present, and thus prevent colic or an unthrifty or anaemic state.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various
They were formerly too often housed in damp, dirty, close, and imperfectly-built sheds, which was a fruitful source of disease and of unthrifty animals.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
No: a poor man who is ungrateful, unthrifty, discontented, and rebellious, is probably a real personality, and has much in him.
From Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde
