unthrifty
Example Sentences
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Sand, ak bushes, and sand-hills, varied with occasional patches of unthrifty cultivation, make up the scenery.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
He was as unthrifty as Goldsmith, whom in many respects he resembles, and his warm, impulsive nature was allied to a combativeness and jealousy which sometimes led him to quarrel with his best friends.
From The Age of Pope (1700-1744) by John Dennis
They are enthusiastic over princelings of little known fiefs, lords of austere estates perched on the tops of unthrifty hills, hard riders, and good sportsmen.
From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Rudyard Kipling
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
A few men yet followed for their livelihood the hunter's and trapper's life of laziness and hardship, for the most part unthrifty, and poor in everything but shiftless contentment and the wisdom of woodcraft.
From Vermont A Study of Independence by Rowland E. (Evans) Robinson
