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Definition of unthrift
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: lack of thrift : extravagance, wastefulness
the repression of unthrift and dissipation— James Ford
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: an extravagant person : spendthrift, wastrel
like unthrifts, having spent your stock, and needy grown— John Drinkwater
unthrift
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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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