Etymology

unthrift

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Today it means: A lack of thriftiness; prodigality. Full definition →

Middle English unthrift
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromunthrift
  2. English todayunthrift

From Middle English unthrift, equivalent to un- + thrift.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.