thrifty
adjective
practicing thrift or economical management; frugal.
unthrifty
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a word derived from
thrifty.
Example Sentences
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The remainder is ragged, unthrifty sand-hills, pegged down by houses.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
They are enthusiastic over princelings of little known fiefs, lords of austere estates perched on the tops of unthrifty hills, hard riders, and good sportsmen.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
Stall-feeding is lost on an ill-shaped, unthrifty animal.
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
The mere passage of wealth into fresh hands, always unthrifty, created an immense demand out of the very general mourning and distress for articles of cost and luxury.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various
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
