unthrift

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noun

un·​thrift

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1

: lack of thrift : extravagance, wastefulness

the repression of unthrift and dissipation

—James Ford

2

: an extravagant person : spendthrift, wastrel

like unthrifts, having spent your stock, and needy grown

—John Drinkwater

unthrift

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adjective

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: extravagant, lavish, unthrifty

in an unthrift generosity, has given it with a much more valuable present

—J. G. Lockhart

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English, from un- entry 1 + thrift

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