unthrift

Example Sentences

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An unpainted barn advertises the unthrift of the owner, and the roof is always leaky.

From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Nicholson, Meredith

C. The factory system is productive of intemperance, unthrift, and poverty.

From Women Wage-Earners Their Past, Their Present, and Their Future by Campbell, Helen

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

There'll be smashing work anon, for look you, yonder's my wild slip of a sometime-clerk, John Shakespeare's unthrift son.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry

Whole regions in our country suffer in this way from unthrift, whatever the price of farm products or of lands.

From Rural Health and Welfare by Fairchild, George Thompson