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单词 unthrifty
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unthriftyadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈθrɪfti/, U.S. /ˌənˈθrɪfti/
Etymology: un- prefix1 1. Compare wanthrifty adj. at wanthrift n. Derivatives.
1.
a. Producing or bringing about no advantage, profit, or gain; tending to, resulting in, or marked by thriftlessness, waste, or extravagance; unprofitable, wasteful; harmful.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding
unspeedya1300
speedless13..
improfitablea1325
unthriftyc1374
unnotefula1400
rewardless1481
thriveless1521
unbehovablea1557
thriftless1568
profitless1574
ungainful1599
unprofiteda1616
unthriving1617
ungaining1632
endlessa1640
gainless1640
improficuous1650
unrewarding1651
uncompensated1775
unrepaying1829
ungainsome1832
blind alley1902
dead end1928
c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde iv. 1530 I-wys my dere herte trewe We may wel stele a-way as ye deuyse And fynde swyche vnthryfty weyes newe.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2464 Rightwisnesse..out of this ile Purposeth fully for to fare & wende, So is our reule vnthrifty & vnthende.
c1470 G. Ashby Active Policy Prince 681 I mene nat for vnthrifty Cowardise, whiche is in al Realmes abhominable.
1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. cxxiii Venereous people haue all theyr hole pleasaunce Theyr vyce to norysshe by this vnthryfty daunce.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. x. 25 Quhat onthrifty God in sic foly Hes ȝou bywavyt heyr till Italy?
1544 R. Tracy Supplycacion to Kynge Henry VIII sig. Bviijv Common players at all vnthryftye games.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iv. sig. D5 Full many mischiefes follow cruell Wrath;..Vnmanly murder, and vnthrifty scath.
1628 R. Cotton Danger wherein Kingdome Standeth 15 The spending of so much munition and victuals, and money,..is conveived an unthriftie error.
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila iii. lxvii. 45 Unthrifty Death has spread where thriving Peace did range.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 56 Tough Thistles..kill'd the Corn, And an unthrifty Crop of Weeds was born. View more context for this quotation
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 53 The Subject might be taught how unthrifty a thing it was, by too strict a detaining of what was His, to put the King as strictly to enquire what was his Own.
1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. v. ii. 473 They are all more or less unthrifty taxes that increase the revenue of the sovereign..at the expence of the capital of the people. View more context for this quotation
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. ix. vi. 407 The commerce of the eyes being so unthrifty, I had recourse to different agents.
1819 W. Scott Legend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 175 Having by unthrifty courses reduced a fair patrimony to a nonentity.
1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest III. xii. 101 The rebuilding..had been possibly interrupted during the unthrifty reign of Malger.
b. Of language: Unprofitable, idle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > empty, idle talk > [adjective]
unthriftyc1450
bribble-brabble1573
morological1607
c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 215 Oft sithes, with þer vnthrifti language, hym at had rewle of þaim þai provoked..to be angrie.
1467 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 172 I wolde avysse ȝowe to sese..of ȝower onthreffety langwage.
2.
a. Not thriving or flourishing; lacking vigour or promise in growth. (Cf. thriftless adj. 1.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > development, growth, or degeneration > [adjective] > growth > types of growth
unthriftyc1440
unthriving1600
abortive1601
stunted1719
abortient1768
stockeda1796
hypertrophic1832
accretionary1841
accretional1843
homonomous1854
stasimorphic1869
geomalic1880
homoeotic1894
concrescent1902
infantilistic1930
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 Onthryfty, idem quod onthende [Onthende, invalidus].
1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope iii. iii Thynke now, how thow arte lene and vnthryfty.
1486 Bk. St. Albans b vij b Euell meetis to make her vnthrefti.
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge Ep. Ded. Such an underly Shrub in Knowledge, and unthrifty Sucker in Philosophy as I am.
1709 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 450 The Cow was very unthrifty, for which they gave her Cow Physick.
1796 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening xii. 185 Consider the soil about an unthrifty tree, and..improve it.
1831 W. Youatt Horse viii. 122 The horse will lose flesh;..his coat will be unthrifty, and readily come off.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 224/1 That..we should think it expedient to plant unthrifty thorns over bitter wells of blood.
in extended use.1812 Examiner 11 May 292/1 Poor, ill-cultivated..soils, the early appearance of which was unthrifty, show..very thin.
b. Characterized by absence of well-being; indicative of unprosperousness.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > not prospering or flourishing
ill-faringa1400
thriftlessc1400
unthendec1400
unthriftyc1400
thriveless1521
unthriving1600
improsperous1602
unflourishing1764
unprosperous1776
c1400 Three Kings Cologne 24 Þer was nothyng left bote..a litel cave vndir erþe and a litil vnthrifti hows tofore þe cave.
c1425 MS. Sloane 73 f. 201 Whanne þi bagge chaungiþ clene out of þe rede colour..in to a manere of an vnþryfty wan colour.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 9 Atte the yongest doughtres hous it was turned up-so-doun, and alle unthrifti.
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 1298/2 Whiche vnthriftye state that wee be borne vnto, is come vnto vs for oure owne desertes.
3. Loose or lax in respect of conduct, morals, or virtue; unchaste, wanton, profligate.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [adjective]
unkind1340
desolatec1386
unthrifty1388
virtueless1402
unvirtuous1432
dissolutec1475
castaway?1542
bastardlyc1567
regenerate1596
perdite1625
profligate1627
deperdit1641
profligated1652
abandoned1690
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [adjective]
wild13..
desolatec1386
unthrifty1388
riotousc1405
resolute?a1475
palliard1484
dissolutea1513
royetous1526
sluttishc1555
rakehell1556
dissolutious1560
rakehelly1579
hell-raking1593
sportive1597
low1599
lavish1600
rakellyc1600
profligate1627
profligated1652
rantipole1660
abandoned1690
raking1696
rakish1696
dissipated1744
dissipating1818
outward1875
1388 Pol. Poems (Rolls) I. 272 Goddes dere halydayys ar noght, non observantur honeste; For onthryfty pley ys worght.
a1450 Knt. de la Tour 30 The good women..that hathe not take the state of the unthrifti women that bene euelle women of her body.
c1485 Digby Myst. (1882) ii. 558 Non shall in heuyn posses that be so vnthryfty.
1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. ccclxxxvi. 660 Suche rybaudes and vnthriftye people, as desyred nothynge but yuell and noyse.
1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 80 Certen onthryfty persons brekyng of the Kyngs pesse.
a1571 J. Jewel On Thess. (1583) 219 Withdrawe thy selfe from the companie, of such vnthriftie, and light, and suspected persons.
in extended use.c1400 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) ii. lvii. 55 Thou madest me to lede a ful vnthryfty lyf.1476 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) II. 7 Comaunde me to the Cloke [= clock], and pray hym to amend his unthryffte maners: ffor he strykes euer in vndew tyme.1535–6 Act 27 Hen. VIII c. 28 ⁋1 Reformacion of suche unthrifty carnall and abhomynable lyvyng.
4.
a. Not thrifty, economical, or frugal; careless or improvident of one's means or substance; wasteful, extravagant, prodigal. (Cf. thriftless adj. 3.)
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > thriftless
unthrifty1532
unthrift?a1562
thriftless1576
wanthrifty1621
1532 G. Hervet tr. Xenophon Treat. House Holde f. 59 The grounde doth best examyne, which be good, and whiche be vnthryfty husbandes.
1551 R. Robinson tr. T. More Vtopia sig. Iiii The vnthryfty heyre suffreth the howses that hys father buylded..to fall in decay.
1629 Vse of Law 60 in J. Doddridge Lawyers Light Or to bee in hazard of vndoing his House by vnthrifty posteritie.
1639 J. Taylor Part Summers Trav. 18 Such an unthrifty Rascall as thou will never be worth such a halter, it cost me two pence.
1662 H. Hibbert Syntagma Theologicum 197 The wormes shall have his carkass, and unthrifty heires his estate.
1684 J. Goodman Old Relig. ii. vi. 336 A querulous, uneasy, lean, hungry and unthrifty sort of people.
1780 S. J. Pratt Emma Corbett II. lxxii. 110 I am one of those whom the world calls an unthrifty fellow.
1849 N. Hawthorne Twice-told Tales 213 Next comes a sledge, laden with wood for some unthrifty house~keeper.
1904 F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (ed. 2) II. 215 Before the wine arrives, this unthrifty host discovers that he does not require it.
figurative.1609 W. Shakespeare Sonnets iv. sig. Bv Vnthrifty louelinesse why dost thou spend, Vpon thy selfe thy beauties legacy? View more context for this quotation1659 O. Walker Some Instr. Art of Oratory 109 This ingrafting..parenthesis, if it argues a good wit, it shews a weak and unthrifty Orator.1682 A. Behn False Count ii. i. 20 Should we be unthrifty in our loves, And for one moment's joy give all away..?1703 N. Rowe Fair Penitent ii. i Oh wherefore did I play th' unthrifty Fool, And wasting all on others, leave myself Without one thought of Joy to give me comfort?absolute.1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) II. xlii. 567 To insure an estate even to the sons of the unthrifty.
b. Prodigal or lavish of something; unsparing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective]
largea1225
fool-largec1325
costlewa1387
outragea1400
riotousc1405
sumptuousa1425
superfluea1425
prodigatec1429
profuse?a1475
lavishc1475
prodigalc1485
prodiga1492
prodigaleousa1500
superfluous1531
wasteful1538
costly?1555
prodigal1570
overlavish1573
squandering1589
lavishing1598
spenseful1600
expenseful1605
spendthrift1607
spendful1611
dingthrifty1615
impendious1623
expensive1628
unthriftya1631
spendthrifty1642
flush1703
extravagant1711
profligate1718
dispendious1727
wastry1791
wasterful1821
wastrife1822
prodigalish1857
high-rolling1890
wastrel1896
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1957) III. 145 God is content to be told, that he is unthrifty, and prodigall of his servants lives.
1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. vi. 289 He was not altogether so unthrifty of his own Interest.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation v. 227 Of Light unthrifty, and profuse of Day, The ruin'd Globe has spent his latest Ray.
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