thriftlessly
Example Sentences
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The time left free from my duties belongs to me entirely, and I do not spend it thriftlessly in society to which I am indifferent.
From Simon Eichelkatz; The Patriarch Two Stories of Jewish Life by Frank, Ulrich
India, this "most precious diamond of the British crown," is utterly exhausted, like a pile of gold in the hands of an alchemist, who thriftlessly spent it in the hope of finding the philosopher's stone.
From From the Caves and Jungles of Hindostan by Blavatsky, H. P. (Helena Petrovna)
