unthrift
Example Sentences
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Whereat, remembering how she had formerly glozed and gilded the entomologist's unthrift, I remarked, one-fourth in play, three-fourths in earnest, "A good plain business man isn't the least noble work of God, after all."
From Strong Hearts by Cable, George Washington
But the ordinances for relief and the ordinances for labour must go together; otherwise distress caused by misfortune will always be168 confounded, as it is now, with distress caused by idleness, unthrift, and fraud.
From A Joy For Ever (And Its Price in the Market) by Ruskin, John
I am still a devotee of the homely primitive doctrine that mischance, disability or even unthrift, is not a capital crime justly and profitably punishable by starvation.
From The Shadow On The Dial, and Other Essays 1909 by Howes, S. O. (Silas Orrin)
With the unthrift of the true artist, Kano was always poor.
From The Dragon Painter by Fenollosa, Mary McNeil
Before us is the old town we are seeking,—a type perhaps of the nation itself, in its courtly unthrift, its proud misgovernance.
From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Dix, Edwin Asa
