SINCE 1828
unthrift
noun
un·thrift
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Definition of unthrift
(Entry 1 of 2)
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
adjective
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Definition of unthrift (Entry 2 of 2)
: extravagant, lavish, unthrifty
in an unthrift generosity, has given it with a much more valuable present— J. G. Lockhart
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