thriftlessness

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noun

The property of being thriftless.

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Meanings

nounthriftlessness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe property of being thriftless.

    His habits of thriftlessness have made him accustomed to yielding to impulses.

    1920, Simon William Straus, History of the Thrift Movement in America, page 52

    Synonyms: wastefulness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe property of being thriftless.

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wastefulness

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe trait of wasting resources

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wastewastefulness
Broader
improvidenceshortsightedness
Also see
wastewastefulness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From thriftless + -ness.

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APA

thriftlessness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thriftlessness

MLA

“thriftlessness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thriftlessness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “thriftlessness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thriftlessness.

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