unthrifty

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A few men yet followed for their livelihood the hunter's and trapper's life of laziness and hardship, for the most part unthrifty, and poor in everything but shiftless contentment and the wisdom of woodcraft.

From Vermont A Study of Independence by Robinson, Rowland E. (Evans)

The remainder is ragged, unthrifty sand-hills, pegged down by houses.

From From Sea to Sea Letters of Travel by Kipling, Rudyard

In ill-fed, weak, unthrifty cows palsy of the hind limbs and tail may appear in the last weeks of pregnancy.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry

The losses of the unthrifty managers come out of the accumulations of previous thrift, or else are borne by the thrifty men who have trusted them.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson

Stall-feeding is lost on an ill-shaped, unthrifty animal.

From Sheep, Swine, and Poultry Embracing the History and Varieties of Each; The Best Modes of Breeding; Their Feeding and Management; Together with etc. by Jennings, Robert