Meaning of unthrift | Babel Free
/ˈʌnθɹɪft/Definitions
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A lack of thriftiness; prodigality. countable, uncountable
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Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money. archaic, countable, uncountable
Examples
“My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree”
“Look what an unthrift in the world doth spend ...”
“But name not Winter-faces, whose skin's slacke; Lanke, as an unthrifts purse ...”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.