unthrift
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
unthrift
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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