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

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

Of Irish stagnation, Irish unthrift, Irish destitution, Irish misery, the world has heard enough.

From Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. by Greeley, Horace

She was extremely poorly dressed, and although she was neat, there was an air of unthrift or discouragement about her dress.

From By The Sea 1887 by Chaplin, Heman White

Thou careless unthrift, ill-luck follows i' thy wake.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John