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The losses of the unthrifty managers come out of the accumulations of previous thrift, or else are borne by the thrifty men who have trusted them.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson

Thrifty trees are not usually bothered with borers, and unthrifty trees should be made into firewood.

From The Apple by Various

In ill-fed, weak, unthrifty cows palsy of the hind limbs and tail may appear in the last weeks of pregnancy.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

The tax, under thrifty management, could be easily paid; under unthrifty management, it would ruin the manager.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson

She doled out to him a few ducats, stamped with her own effigy, and, knowing his unthrifty ways, she said to herself: "He'll not go very far with that."

From The Pobratim A Slav Novel by Jones, P.