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unˈthriftiness
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1. The quality of being unthrifty; thriftlessness, prodigality, wastefulness; † dissoluteness.
c1430How the Good Wyf 154 in Babees Bk. (1868) 43 Pride, reste, & ydilnes, makiþ on-þriftines. a1475G. Ashby Dicta Philos. 116 Wele manered people bene of goode lif,..Euel named bene often in striff, And men fle theim for thair vnthriftynesse. 1509Barclay Shyp of Folys 141 b, Sawynge in hym sede of moche vnthryftynes And than to spoyle hym; and leue hym pore and bare. a1548Hall Chron., Hen. VIII, 149 b, Some fell to drinkyng,..and stealyng of Dere in Parkes, and other unthriftines. 1609Dekker Gull's Horn-bk. 35 You are to cherish the vnthriftinesse of such yong tame pigions, if you be a right gentleman. 1642Fuller Holy & Prof. St. i. xiv. 46 Neither wasting his paternall estate by his unthriftinesse, nor marring it by parcelling his ancient mannours..among his younger children. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. 266/2 Unthriftiness, Slothfulness, Carelessness, and Rashness in Business. 1710,1802–74in Sc. glossaries (defining Wanthrift).
2. Lack of thriving in growth.
1707Mortimer Husb. 394 When any of its Roots happen to perish,..the unthriftiness of its Branches will quickly discover it. Ibid. 418 The grubbing up of Woods and Trees may be needful upon the account of their Unthriftiness. 1950N.Z. Jrnl. Agric. Apr. 327/1 At the first sign of unthriftiness calves should be drenched with phenothiazine. 1955W. W. Denlinger Complete Boston 83 Much of the unthriftiness and langor that are charged to worms are caused by other diseases. 1973Country Life 7 June 1660/1 If the calves are under stress..unthriftiness or mortality will follow. |