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thriftless

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thrift·less  (thrftls)
adj.
1. Careless in handling money; wasteful.
2. Archaic Lacking usefulness or value.

thriftless·ly adv.
thriftless·ness n.
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Adj.1.thriftless - careless of the future
improvident - not provident; not providing for the future


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It had never dawned upon him that this shiftless, thriftless, worthless, sponging parasite was yet, after and in spite of all, not mercenary in the issue of his thoughts; yet so it was.
On the whole, a man must not complain of his 'element," or his 'time' or the like; it is thriftless work doing so.
We see Jack Thriftless prancing in the park, or darting in his brougham down Pall Mall: we eat his dinners served on his miraculous plate.
 
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