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thriftlessness

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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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Noun1.thriftlessness - the trait of wasting resourcesthriftlessness - the trait of wasting resources; "a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste"; "the wastefulness of missed opportunities"
wastefulness, waste
improvidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
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thriftlessness [ˈθrɪftlɪsnɪs] N → prodigalidad f
thriftlessness
n → Verschwendung(ssucht) f
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But it suggested to Philip that she measured her father, alas, no longer the hero he was to her childhood, and in her mind joined together his entertaining conversation and the thriftlessness which often brought difficulties into their life; she compared his rhetoric with her mother's practical common sense; and though the liveliness of her father amused her she was perhaps sometimes a little impatient with it.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
 
 
 
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