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unthrift

noun un·thrift \ "+ \

Definition of unthrift

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

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Origin and Etymology of unthrift

Middle English, from 1un- + thrift

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unthrift

adjective \ "+ \

Definition of unthrift

: extravagant, lavish, unthrifty
  • in an unthrift generosity, has given it with a much more valuable present
  • —J. G. Lockhart

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