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Webster 1913 Edition


Unthrift

Un′thriftˊ

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Noun.
1.
Want of thrift; unthriftiness; prodigality.
2.
An unthrifty person.
[Obs.]
Dryden.

Un-thrift′

,
Adj.
Unthrifty.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Unthrift

UN'THRIFT

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Noun.
A prodigal; one who wastes his estate by extravagance.

Definition 2024


unthrift

unthrift

English

Noun

unthrift (plural unthrifts)

  1. A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.
  2. (now rare) Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money.
    • 1633, John Donne, "The Autumnall":
      But name not Winter-faces, whose skin's slacke; / Lanke, as an unthrifts purse [...].

Adjective

unthrift (comparative more unthrift, superlative most unthrift)

  1. Unthrifty.