unthriftiness
Example Sentences
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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.
This results in unthriftiness caused by imperfect digestion and assimilation of the feed.
From Common Diseases of Farm Animals by Craig, R. A., D. V. M.
What is that but both unthriftiness and dotage?
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 by Hazlitt, William Carew
It was dishonest to the occupier himself, because it put in his way the worst temptation to unthriftiness.
From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.
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.
