thriftless

Example Sentences

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“I was in Albuquerque and it rained every day but no one collected the water,” one woman said in a scandalised tone, deflecting shame on to thriftless New Mexicans.

From The Guardian • Jul. 15, 2015

Nothing can pry them away from that; the City is what they want it to be: thriftless, warm, scary and full of amiable strangers.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison

He is thriftless, and takes no thought for the morrow.

From The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document by Anonymous

I'm a safe carle, and can spae fortunes as well as blaw up thae green bags wi' thriftless wind.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4 by Various

He remembered that Mikita had nine ragged children, and that a shower of riches coming thus suddenly could be no blessing, since, no doubt, it would teach him to be thriftless.

From For the Right by Franzos, Karl Emil