Etymology

unthrifty

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Today it means: Not thrifty: wasteful, extravagant; unproductive. Full definition →

Middle English unthrifty
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromunthrifty
  2. English todayunthrifty

From Middle English unthrifty. By surface analysis, un + thrifty.

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