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unthrifty

unthrifty adjective: not thrifty: wasteful, extravagant; unproductive.

Adjective

unthrifty (comparative unthriftier, superlative unthriftiest)

  1. Not thrifty: wasteful, extravagant; unproductive.

unthrifty meaning in Tamil

unthrifty in Tamil

வீண்செலவு செய்கிற, சிக்கனமற்ற

Forms of unthrifty

comparativeunthriftier
superlativeunthriftiest

Origin of unthrifty

From Middle English unthrifty. By surface analysis, un + thrifty.

Words formed from unthrifty

Questions about unthrifty

What does unthrifty mean?
Unthrifty means not thrifty: wasteful, extravagant; unproductive.
What is unthrifty in Tamil?
Unthrifty in Tamil is வீண்செலவு செய்கிற, சிக்கனமற்ற. See Unthrifty meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unthrifty?
Unthrifty is an adjective.

Words near unthrifty in the dictionary

  1. unthriftiest
  2. unthriftily
  3. unthriftiness
  4. unthriftness
  5. unthrifts
  6. unthrifty
  7. unthrillable
  8. unthrilled
  9. unthrilling
  10. unthrive
  11. unthriven

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unthrifty (page history and authors); unthrifty (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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