unthrifty
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No: a poor man who is ungrateful, unthrifty, discontented, and rebellious, is probably a real personality, and has much in him.
From Miscellaneous Aphorisms; The Soul of Man by Oscar Wilde
Stall-feeding is lost on an ill-shaped, unthrifty animal.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
At the autopsy, held 127 days after the inoculation, the general condition was seen to be poor and unthrifty, and large, hard tumors were found at the points of inoculation.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
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.
They were formerly too often housed in damp, dirty, close, and imperfectly-built sheds, which was a fruitful source of disease and of unthrifty animals.
From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Robert Jennings
