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thriftless, a.|ˈθrɪftlɪs|
[f. thrift1 + -less.]
†1. Not thriving or prosperous; unsuccessful; unfortunate. Obs.
c1400Brut ccxiii. 249 Longe berde hertles, peyntede Hode witles, Gay cote graceles, makeþ Englissheman þriftles. 1467Songs Costume (Percy) 56 Ye prowd galantts hertlesse, With your hygh cappis witlesse, And your schort gownys thriftlesse. a1585Montgomerie Flyting 387 This thriftlesse [infant] is meit for vs. 1591Troub. Raigne K. John (1611) 39 As they shoulder thee from out thine owne,..So heauens crosse them with a thriftless course. 1592Warner Alb. Eng. viii. xli. (1612) 197 A thriftles Mariage with the trustles King of Spaine.
†b. Not flourishing (in physical condition).
1693Owen Glory Chr. ii. Wks. 1852 I. 442 If men will neglect their daily food..it is no wonder if they be weak and thriftless.
2. Unprofitable, worthless, useless. Now rare.
1568T. Howell Arb. Amitie (1879) 87 Pleasant sights begin to growe, among the thriftles thornes. 1601Shakes. Twel. N. ii. ii. 40 What thriftlesse sighes shall poore Oliuia breath? a1619M. Fotherby Atheom. i. vi. §4 (1622) 47 The most thriftles and vnprofitable part of all the whole Tree. 1750Shenstone Rural Elegance 65 E'en thriftless furze detains their wand'ring sight. 1840Carlyle Heroes v, A man must not complain of his ‘element’, of his ‘time’, or the like; it is thriftless work doing so.
3. Devoid of thrift; without frugality or economy; wasteful, improvident, spendthrift.
1576Gascoigne Philomene 9 These thriftles birds..which spend the day, In needlesse notes. 1593Shakes. Rich. II, v. iii. 69 He shall spend mine Honour, with his Shame; As thriftlesse Sonnes, their scraping Fathers Gold. 1647Sanderson Serm. (1657) II. 291 The unjust Steward; a faithless, and a thriftless man. 1702Guide for Constables 101 The thriftless poor. 1862Sir B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 105 The artisans in crowded cities..to a great extent indulging in intemperate and thriftless habits.
Hence ˈthriftlessly adv., wastefully; ˈthriftlessness, wastefulness, improvidence.
1846Worcester, Thriftlessly (citing Lee). Thriftlessness (citing Chalmers). 1847R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath v. (1848) 188 They cannot spare thus thriftlessly moments which claim each its duty. 1858Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 494/2 Lords P― and C― seem rather to have copied the thriftlessness of Esau. 1862W. W. Story Roba di R. xii. (1864) 228 The usual thriftlessness of the people, who live from hand to mouth and from day to day. |