单词 | unthrifty |
释义 | unthriftyadj. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1374 |
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