Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being unthrifty.
It was dishonest to the occupier himself, because it put in his way the worst temptation to unthriftiness.
1921, A.H. Beesley, The Gracchi Marius and Sulla2 more examples
Many a one here is born to a fair estate; and is stripped of it, whether by the just disherison of his offended Father, or else by the power or circumvention of an adversary, or by his own mis-government and unthriftiness.
1652, Joseph Hall, The Sons of God Led by the Spirit of GodThe worst faults of Miss Sheppard's worst style are reproduced here, joined to an unthriftiness in which she had no part nor lot.
1864, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864
Origin
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