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Thriftless

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Careless in handling money; wasteful.

adj. Archaic Lacking usefulness or value.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. wastefully reckless in the use of money or other resources

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having no thrift, frugality, or good management; profuse; extravagant.

Producing no gain; unprofitable.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. careless of the future

Word Usage

"When a cow-puncher is said to be working the grub line, he is known as a thriftless cowman who cannot hold a job long anywhere, and who travels from ranch to ranch, staying only long enough at each to get fed up, then passing on with a few dollars in his pocket, to repeat the operation elsewhere."

Equivalent

improvident

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

imprudent

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

unthrifty shiftless improvident slothful impecunious