thriftless
[adjective]
Synonyms: improvident, unthrift, unthrifty

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Antonyms: thrifty

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thriftless adjective. ['Ɵrɪftlɪs] LME.
[from THRIFT noun¹ + -LESS.]
1. Not thriving or prosperous; unsuccessful; unfortunate. Formerly also (rare), not flourishing in growth. LME-L17.

2. Unprofitable, worthless, useless. Now chiefly Scot. M16.
■ Shakespeare Twelfth Night What thriftless sighs shall poor Olivia breathe!

3. Wasteful, improvident, spendthrift. L16.
■ C. S. Parker He strove..to wean his tenantry from thriftless habits.

■ thriftlessly adverb M19.

■ thriftlessness noun M19.

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