Definition of thriftless in English:

thriftless

adjective ˈθrɪftləsˈθrɪftlɪs

(of a person or their behaviour) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way.
Example sentencesExamples
- The U.S. Congressional Record quotes an unnamed speaker as saying ‘an idle and thriftless race of savages cannot be permitted to stand guard at the treasure vaults of the nation which hold our gold and silver.’
- Riches cannot be found in the hands of the thriftless.
- He's the last revolutionary measuring up the last of the thriftless rich.
- Yet, as Smiles observed, ‘No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.’
- This certainly was ‘a thriftless sort of charity’, to use his own phrase, which did not cause him much sacrifice, although he was generous in absolute terms.
- She focuses on the joys of the old orchard where the trees, ‘long past their prime,’ remain with their ‘boughs… untrimmed in thriftless beauty.’
- Today we tend to dismiss the moralizing of the late Victorians who insisted that the unemployed were lazy, intemperate, or thriftless.
- A certain disillusion is perhaps necessary for the practice of conversation: it is the art of the thriftless genius, appropriate to the brilliant failure, the genius manqué, and the inebriate.
Synonyms
extravagant, profligate, spendthrift, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, free-spending, prodigal, squandering, lavish
immoderate, excessive, imprudent, reckless, irresponsible

Derivatives

thriftlessly

adverbˈθrɪftləsliˈθrɪf(t)lɪsli

Roy Marshall felt that cricket contained two kinds of madman: the fast bowler, because he expended his energies so wildly and thriftlessly; but also the opening batsman.
Example sentencesExamples
- Reutoff suburb is the wellspring of inspiration that is thriftlessly used by the musicians for the creation of deep, psychedelic and highly forcible music implementing the inaccessible secret of Russian spirit.
- They have a duty not to expend those moneys thriftlessly but to deploy the full financial resources available to it to the best advantage’.
- I've been thriftlessly spending on clothes and the like that I don't see a stop to it any time soon, though I am making myself small promises.
- The sky in Beijing was rather yellowish, natural resources (such as water, wood, and oil) are consumed thriftlessly, and ‘human capital’ is often used relentlessly.

thriftlessness

nounˈθrɪftləsnəsˈθrɪf(t)ləsnəs

The Pharisees who preach that poverty is due to laziness and thriftlessness, and the fanatics who attribute it to drink, are for the moment silent.
Example sentencesExamples
- She washes her hands, like Pilate before the murder of Christ. ‘The poverty of the poor,’ we say complacently, ‘is due to their drinking habits and thriftlessness.’
- Thrift and thriftlessness mean the same thing in this town, where I noticed that even Nonconformist chapels, with broken windows, had been left to the rats and birds.
- They all yielded to this, - the strong, the intelligent, the diligent, submitting to their family, though they knew that their hard-earned pay was going to support weakness, heathenism, and thriftlessness.
- It is, however, in a sad state of repair, and the evidences of neglect and thriftlessness are apparent everywhere.
- Owing to her father's thriftlessness, she had to earn her living by teaching.
- These signs of civilization, so at war with Indian thriftlessness and nomadic habits, proved an early acquaintance with the customs of the earliest white settlers of America, or with the traditions which had spread from the whites to the Indians of the vast interior.
- They are not the only body to be concerned about the thriftlessness of the young.
- On the other hand, there are their counterparts of avarice, fraud, injustice, and selfishness, as displayed by the inordinate lovers of gain; and the vices of thriftlessness, extravagance, and improvidence, on the part of those who misuse and abuse the means entrusted to them.
- For many years he endured galling poverty, which could not be charged to indolence or thriftlessness.
- In one of the tiresome paragraphs above, I don't know which one, and I don't want to go back and look because I am as tired of reading this scary stuff as you are, I'm sure, we were looking for evidence of malinvestment, thriftlessness, speculation, and gambling.
- Look at the Latin countries with their passionate records of crime, at the sexual immorality of France or Spain; the turbulence and thriftlessness of Ireland, the ignorant brutality of Catholic England.
- Rural Maori were concerned about absenteeism in employment, thriftlessness, marital instability, crime and delinquency’ which that situation engendered.

Definition of thriftless in US English:

thriftless

adjectiveˈθrɪftlɪsˈTHriftlis

(of a person or their behavior) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way.
Example sentencesExamples
- She focuses on the joys of the old orchard where the trees, ‘long past their prime,’ remain with their ‘boughs… untrimmed in thriftless beauty.’
- Riches cannot be found in the hands of the thriftless.
- He's the last revolutionary measuring up the last of the thriftless rich.
- Today we tend to dismiss the moralizing of the late Victorians who insisted that the unemployed were lazy, intemperate, or thriftless.
- A certain disillusion is perhaps necessary for the practice of conversation: it is the art of the thriftless genius, appropriate to the brilliant failure, the genius manqué, and the inebriate.
- Yet, as Smiles observed, ‘No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.’
- This certainly was ‘a thriftless sort of charity’, to use his own phrase, which did not cause him much sacrifice, although he was generous in absolute terms.
- The U.S. Congressional Record quotes an unnamed speaker as saying ‘an idle and thriftless race of savages cannot be permitted to stand guard at the treasure vaults of the nation which hold our gold and silver.’
Synonyms
extravagant, profligate, spendthrift, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, free-spending, prodigal, squandering, lavish

单词	thriftless
释义	Definition of thriftless in English: thriftless adjective ˈθrɪftləsˈθrɪftlɪs (of a person or their behaviour) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way. Example sentencesExamples The U.S. Congressional Record quotes an unnamed speaker as saying ‘an idle and thriftless race of savages cannot be permitted to stand guard at the treasure vaults of the nation which hold our gold and silver.’ Riches cannot be found in the hands of the thriftless. He's the last revolutionary measuring up the last of the thriftless rich. Yet, as Smiles observed, ‘No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.’ This certainly was ‘a thriftless sort of charity’, to use his own phrase, which did not cause him much sacrifice, although he was generous in absolute terms. She focuses on the joys of the old orchard where the trees, ‘long past their prime,’ remain with their ‘boughs… untrimmed in thriftless beauty.’ Today we tend to dismiss the moralizing of the late Victorians who insisted that the unemployed were lazy, intemperate, or thriftless. A certain disillusion is perhaps necessary for the practice of conversation: it is the art of the thriftless genius, appropriate to the brilliant failure, the genius manqué, and the inebriate. Synonyms extravagant, profligate, spendthrift, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, free-spending, prodigal, squandering, lavish immoderate, excessive, imprudent, reckless, irresponsible Derivatives thriftlessly adverbˈθrɪftləsliˈθrɪf(t)lɪsli Roy Marshall felt that cricket contained two kinds of madman: the fast bowler, because he expended his energies so wildly and thriftlessly; but also the opening batsman. Example sentencesExamples Reutoff suburb is the wellspring of inspiration that is thriftlessly used by the musicians for the creation of deep, psychedelic and highly forcible music implementing the inaccessible secret of Russian spirit. They have a duty not to expend those moneys thriftlessly but to deploy the full financial resources available to it to the best advantage’. I've been thriftlessly spending on clothes and the like that I don't see a stop to it any time soon, though I am making myself small promises. The sky in Beijing was rather yellowish, natural resources (such as water, wood, and oil) are consumed thriftlessly, and ‘human capital’ is often used relentlessly. thriftlessness nounˈθrɪftləsnəsˈθrɪf(t)ləsnəs The Pharisees who preach that poverty is due to laziness and thriftlessness, and the fanatics who attribute it to drink, are for the moment silent. Example sentencesExamples She washes her hands, like Pilate before the murder of Christ. ‘The poverty of the poor,’ we say complacently, ‘is due to their drinking habits and thriftlessness.’ Thrift and thriftlessness mean the same thing in this town, where I noticed that even Nonconformist chapels, with broken windows, had been left to the rats and birds. They all yielded to this, - the strong, the intelligent, the diligent, submitting to their family, though they knew that their hard-earned pay was going to support weakness, heathenism, and thriftlessness. It is, however, in a sad state of repair, and the evidences of neglect and thriftlessness are apparent everywhere. Owing to her father's thriftlessness, she had to earn her living by teaching. These signs of civilization, so at war with Indian thriftlessness and nomadic habits, proved an early acquaintance with the customs of the earliest white settlers of America, or with the traditions which had spread from the whites to the Indians of the vast interior. They are not the only body to be concerned about the thriftlessness of the young. On the other hand, there are their counterparts of avarice, fraud, injustice, and selfishness, as displayed by the inordinate lovers of gain; and the vices of thriftlessness, extravagance, and improvidence, on the part of those who misuse and abuse the means entrusted to them. For many years he endured galling poverty, which could not be charged to indolence or thriftlessness. In one of the tiresome paragraphs above, I don't know which one, and I don't want to go back and look because I am as tired of reading this scary stuff as you are, I'm sure, we were looking for evidence of malinvestment, thriftlessness, speculation, and gambling. Look at the Latin countries with their passionate records of crime, at the sexual immorality of France or Spain; the turbulence and thriftlessness of Ireland, the ignorant brutality of Catholic England. Rural Maori were concerned about absenteeism in employment, thriftlessness, marital instability, crime and delinquency’ which that situation engendered. Definition of thriftless in US English: thriftless adjectiveˈθrɪftlɪsˈTHriftlis (of a person or their behavior) spending money in an extravagant and wasteful way. Example sentencesExamples She focuses on the joys of the old orchard where the trees, ‘long past their prime,’ remain with their ‘boughs… untrimmed in thriftless beauty.’ Riches cannot be found in the hands of the thriftless. He's the last revolutionary measuring up the last of the thriftless rich. Today we tend to dismiss the moralizing of the late Victorians who insisted that the unemployed were lazy, intemperate, or thriftless. A certain disillusion is perhaps necessary for the practice of conversation: it is the art of the thriftless genius, appropriate to the brilliant failure, the genius manqué, and the inebriate. Yet, as Smiles observed, ‘No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.’ This certainly was ‘a thriftless sort of charity’, to use his own phrase, which did not cause him much sacrifice, although he was generous in absolute terms. The U.S. Congressional Record quotes an unnamed speaker as saying ‘an idle and thriftless race of savages cannot be permitted to stand guard at the treasure vaults of the nation which hold our gold and silver.’ Synonyms extravagant, profligate, spendthrift, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, free-spending, prodigal, squandering, lavish
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