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unthrift

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

Wonder why Shakespeare looked ahead and harpooned me with that word unthrift.

Before us is the old town we are seeking,—a type perhaps of the nation itself, in its courtly unthrift, its proud misgovernance.

The Morley Government puts a premium on idleness, unthrift, retrogression, and dishonesty.

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

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On this page you'll find 146 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to unthrift, such as: absurdity, exaggeration, excess, luxury, squandering, and amenity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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