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unthrift

noun
un·​thrift | \ "+\

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
\ "+\

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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History and Etymology for unthrift

Noun

Middle English, from un- entry 1 + thrift

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