unthrift

English

Etymology

From un- + thrift.

Noun

unthrift (countable and uncountable, plural unthrifts)

  1. A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.
  2. (now rare) Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money.
    • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 9
      Look what an unthrift in the world doth spend ...
    • 1633, John Donne, "The Autumnall":
      But name not Winter-faces, whose skin's slacke;
      Lanke, as an unthrifts purse ...

Adjective

unthrift (comparative more unthrift, superlative most unthrift)

  1. Unthrifty.
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