unthrift

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Squalor and unthrift abound, and there are no founders of cités ouvrières to make the workman's home what it should be.

From Holidays in Eastern France by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

C. The factory system is productive of intemperance, unthrift, and poverty.

From Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future by Campbell, Helen

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

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

If the Home was a place of punishment for the sin of unthrift the veteran offenders sought justice with a persistence that attested the sincerity of their penitence.

From The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce — Volume 2: In the Midst of Life: Tales of Soldiers and Civilians by Bierce, Ambrose