unthriftinessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈθrɪftɪnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈθrɪftinᵻs/ 1. The quality of being unthrifty; thriftlessness, prodigality, wastefulness; †dissoluteness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [noun]
reveriec1350
wantonnessc1390
recolagea1400
unthriftinessc1450
dissoluteness1549
profligateness1668
profligacy1693
unvirtuousness1865
virtuelessness1891
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > lack of thrift
unthriftc1374
unthriftinessc1450
wanthrifta1522
unthriftihead1590
thriftlessness1817
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun]
ribaldyc1300
riotc1330
ribaldry1389
riotingc1390
riotry?a1400
wildnessc1400
arrioutc1410
ramageness1440
ribaldise?c1450
unthriftinessc1450
ramagec1485
riotousness?1535
royet1542
dissoluteness1549
ruffianing1549
riotness1553
wildernessa1616
debauchery1642
profligateness1668
profligacy1693
rakishness1737
rakism1777
profligation1805
rouéism1828
c1450 How Good Wijf (Lamb. 853) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 43 Pride, reste, & ydilnes, makiþ on-þriftines.
a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 116 in Poems (1899) 48 Wele manered people bene of goode lif,..Euel named bene often in striff, And men fle theim for thair vnthriftynesse.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxliv Sawynge in hym sede of moche vnthryftynes And than to spoyle hym: and leue hym pore and bare.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cxlixv Some fell to drinkyng,..and stealyng of Dere in Parkes, and other vnthriftines.
1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. F2 You are to cherish the vnthriftinesse of such yong tame pigions, if you be a right gentleman.
1642 T. Fuller Holy State i. xiv. 46 Neither wasting his paternall estate by his unthriftinesse, nor marring it by parcelling his ancient mannours..among his younger children.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 266/2 Unthriftiness, Slothfulness, Carelessness, and Rashness in Business.
2. Lack of thriving in growth.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by poor growth > [noun] > poor growth
withering?1523
unthriftiness1707
welting1766
marcescence1855
wilting1884
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [noun] > growth > vigorous growth > lack of
unthrivingness1704
unthriftiness1707
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 394 When any of its Roots happen to perish,..the unthriftiness of its Branches will quickly discover it.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 418 The grubbing up of Woods and Trees may be needful upon the account of their Unthriftiness.
1950 N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Apr. 327/1 At the first sign of unthriftiness calves should be drenched with phenothiazine.
1955 W. W. Denlinger Compl. Boston 83 Much of the unthriftiness and langor that are charged to worms are caused by other diseases.
1973 Country Life 7 June 1660/1 If the calves are under stress..unthriftiness or mortality will follow.
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