unthrift
nounDefinition of unthrift
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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
adjectiveDefinition 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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