unthrift
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Gesticulating, his voice rising into a senile scream, he upbraided me for folly, extravagance, unthrift and prodigality.
From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas
Terrible as are the results of drunkenness, impurity, unthrift, idleness, disregard of sanitary rules, it is not possible, looking fairly at the facts, to regard these as the main sources of poverty.
From Problems of Poverty by Hobson, J. A. (John Atkinson)
I am still a devotee of the homely primitive doctrine that mischance, disability or even unthrift, is not a capital crime justly and profitably punishable by starvation.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)
She was extremely poorly dressed, and although she was neat, there was an air of unthrift or discouragement about her dress.
From By The Sea 1887 by Chaplin, Heman White
Through unthrift and extravagance he had failed to lay by any store from his earnings; he had wasted his own and his lord's substance.
From Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern by Talmage, James Edward
