unfrugaladj.
(un- prefix1 1.)
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [adjective] > wasteful
wastefula1616
consumptive1652
unfrugala1662
infrugal1684
uneconomical1840
uneconomic1843
ineconomic1852
a1662 T. Craufurd Hist. Univ. Edinb. (1808) 113 He was not given to the cares of the world, yet not unfrugal.
1720 Humourist Ded. p. xvi They will..restore us again to our unfrugal and unfortunate Ravings.
1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) xvii. §19 This punishment, it is evident, is in an eminent degree unfrugal.
1826 D. Booth Art of Brewing (ed. 2) 29 Some..brewers adopt the following dangerous and unfrugal practice.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 113/1 Ladies who have been unfrugal of their favours.
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