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unthriftiness

unthriftiness noun: the quality of being unthrifty.

Noun

unthriftiness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being unthrifty.
    • Many a one here is born to a fair estate; and is stripped of it, whether by the just disherison of his offended Father, or else by the power or circumvention of an adversary, or by his own mis-government and unthriftiness.1652, Joseph Hall, The Sons of God Led by the Spirit of God
    • The worst faults of Miss Sheppard's worst style are reproduced here, joined to an unthriftiness in which she had no part nor lot.1864, Various, The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 13, No. 78, April, 1864

Origin of unthriftiness

From unthrifty + -ness.

Questions about unthriftiness

What does unthriftiness mean?
Unthriftiness means the quality of being unthrifty.
What part of speech is unthriftiness?
Unthriftiness is a noun.

Words near unthriftiness in the dictionary

  1. unthridden
  2. unthrift
  3. unthriftier
  4. unthriftiest
  5. unthriftily
  6. unthriftiness
  7. unthriftness
  8. unthrifts
  9. unthrifty
  10. unthrillable
  11. unthrilled

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