unthrifty
Example Sentences
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It is evident, too, that such a tax must bear heavily upon the unthrifty.
From Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild
Collecting rents is certainly a very depressing business; that is, in a poor, unthrifty neighbourhood.
From Betty's Battles an Everyday Story by S. L. M.
The losses of the unthrifty managers come out of the accumulations of previous thrift, or else are borne by the thrifty men who have trusted them.
From Rural Health and Welfare by George Thompson Fairchild
The mere passage of wealth into fresh hands, always unthrifty, created an immense demand out of the very general mourning and distress for articles of cost and luxury.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 8 by Various
He was careless and unthrifty, while she was quite the reverse.
From St. Nicholas Vol. XIII, September, 1886, No. 11 An Illustrated Magazine for Young Folks by Various
