unthrift

Example Sentences

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With the unthrift of the true artist, Kano was always poor.

From The Dragon Painter by Fenollosa, Mary McNeil

I do confess thou'rt sweet, yet find Thee such an unthrift of thy sweets, Thy favors are but like the wind Which kisseth everything it meets!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 by Mabie, Hamilton Wright

Of Irish stagnation, Irish unthrift, Irish destitution, Irish misery, the world has heard enough.

From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Greeley, Horace

But those who rail against "the competitive system," and think they suffer from it, really suffer from their own unthrift and incapacity.

From The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling by Bierce, Ambrose

An unpainted barn advertises the unthrift of the owner, and the roof is always leaky.

From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith