unthriftiness

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The worst faults of Miss Sheppard's worst style are reproduced here, joined to an unthriftiness in which she had no part nor lot.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864 by Various

The usual symptoms are unthriftiness, indigestion, diarrhoea and a stunted, anaemic condition.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

Twice the public subscribed for his needs, and once, the old unthriftiness about him still, he flung away his capital and was royally penniless again.

From Famous Singers of To-day and Yesterday by Lahee, Henry C.

The loss due to the damage to the fleece is usually greater than that resulting from unthriftiness.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.

Loss of appetite and unthriftiness occur in severe cases.

From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.