thriftlessadj.

/ˈθrɪftlɪs/

Etymology: < thrift n.¹ + -less suffix.

†1.

a. Not thriving or prosperous; unsuccessful; unfortunate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective]

unbeheveeOE

unprofitablec1350

thriftlessc1400

undisposingc1400

disprofitable1548

disadvantageous1550

incommodious1579

disadvantageable1587

unadvantageable1603

lossful1611

naught1620

disvantageous1622

disserviceable1645

incommodous1677

unserviceable1698

zero-sum1965

downside1983

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > not prospering or flourishing

ill-faringa1400

thriftlessc1400

unthendec1400

unthriftyc1400

thriveless1521

unthriving1600

improsperous1602

unflourishing1764

unprosperous1776

c1400 Brut ccxiii. 249 Longe berde hertles, peyntede Hode witles, Gay cote graceles, makeþ Englissheman þriftles.

1467 Songs Costume (Percy) 56 Ye prowd galantts hertlesse, With your hygh cappis witlesse, And your schort gownys thriftlesse.

a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 387 This thriftlesse [infant] is meit for vs.

1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. D3^v As they shoulder thee from out thy owne,..So heauens crosse them with a thriftles course.

1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xli. 178 A thriftles Mariage with the trustles king of Spaine.

†b. Not flourishing (in physical condition).

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

1693 J. Owen Glory Chr. ii, in Wks. (1852) I. 442 If men will neglect their daily food..it is no wonder if they be weak and thriftless.

2. Unprofitable, worthless, useless. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding

unspeedya1300

speedless13..

improfitablea1325

unthriftyc1374

unnotefula1400

rewardless1481

thriveless1521

unbehovablea1557

thriftless1568

profitless1574

ungainful1599

unprofiteda1616

unthriving1617

ungaining1632

endlessa1640

gainless1640

improficuous1650

unrewarding1651

uncompensated1775

unrepaying1829

ungainsome1832

blind alley1902

dead end1928

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 35 Pleasant sightes begin to growe, among the thriftles thornes.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. ii. 39 What thriftlesse sighes shall poore Oliuia breath?

a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. vi. §4. 47 The most thriftles and vnprofitable part of all the whole Tree.

1750 W. Shenstone Rural Elegance 65 E'en thriftless furze detains their wand'ring sight.

1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 288 A man must not complain of his ‘element’, of his ‘time’, or the like; it is thriftless work doing so.

3. Devoid of thrift; without frugality or economy; wasteful, improvident, spendthrift.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > thriftless

unthrifty1532

unthrift?a1562

thriftless1576

wanthrifty1621

1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. K These thriftles birds..which spend the day, In nedlesse notes.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 67 He shall spend mine honour, with his shame, As thriftles sonnes, their scraping Fathers gold.

1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 291 The unjust Steward: a faithless, and a thriftless man.

1692 J. P. New Guide Constables 110 The Thriftless Poor..that consumes all with Play or Drinking.

1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 105 The artisans in crowded cities..to a great extent indulging in intemperate and thriftless habits.

Derivatives

ˈthriftlessly adv. wastefully.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adverb] > thriftlessly

unthriftilyc1386

unthriftfully1549

unthrift-like1607

thriftlessly1846

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adverb] > without thought of future

improvidentially1834

thriftlessly1846

improvidently1868

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Thriftlessly.

1847 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath (1848) v. 188 They cannot spare thus thriftlessly moments which claim each its duty.

ˈthriftlessness n. wastefulness, improvidence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > lack of thrift

unthriftc1374

unthriftinessc1450

wanthrifta1522

unthriftihead1590

thriftlessness1817

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

fool-largessec1405

fool-largec1450

improvidencec1450

wastry1645

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

thriftlessness1817

hand-to-mouth1835

spendthriftism1862

imprevision1883

banging1897

spendthriftiness1950

grasshoppering1956

1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation 146 It..throws them at a greater distance from the thriftlessness which prevails in the first parish.

1858 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 494/2 Lords P—— and C—— seem rather to have copied the thriftlessness of Esau.

1862 W. W. Story Roba di Roma (1864) xii. 228 The usual thriftlessness of the people, who live from hand to mouth and from day to day.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	thriftless
释义	thriftlessadj. /ˈθrɪftlɪs/ Etymology: < thrift n.¹ + -less suffix. †1. a. Not thriving or prosperous; unsuccessful; unfortunate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] unbeheveeOE unprofitablec1350 thriftlessc1400 undisposingc1400 disprofitable1548 disadvantageous1550 incommodious1579 disadvantageable1587 unadvantageable1603 lossful1611 naught1620 disvantageous1622 disserviceable1645 incommodous1677 unserviceable1698 zero-sum1965 downside1983 the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > not prospering or flourishing ill-faringa1400 thriftlessc1400 unthendec1400 unthriftyc1400 thriveless1521 unthriving1600 improsperous1602 unflourishing1764 unprosperous1776 c1400 Brut ccxiii. 249 Longe berde hertles, peyntede Hode witles, Gay cote graceles, makeþ Englissheman þriftles. 1467 Songs Costume (Percy) 56 Ye prowd galantts hertlesse, With your hygh cappis witlesse, And your schort gownys thriftlesse. a1585 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart 387 This thriftlesse [infant] is meit for vs. 1591 Troublesome Raigne Iohn i. sig. D3^v As they shoulder thee from out thy owne,..So heauens crosse them with a thriftles course. 1592 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) viii. xli. 178 A thriftles Mariage with the trustles king of Spaine. †b. Not flourishing (in physical condition). ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 1693 J. Owen Glory Chr. ii, in Wks. (1852) I. 442 If men will neglect their daily food..it is no wonder if they be weak and thriftless. 2. Unprofitable, worthless, useless. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding unspeedya1300 speedless13.. improfitablea1325 unthriftyc1374 unnotefula1400 rewardless1481 thriveless1521 unbehovablea1557 thriftless1568 profitless1574 ungainful1599 unprofiteda1616 unthriving1617 ungaining1632 endlessa1640 gainless1640 improficuous1650 unrewarding1651 uncompensated1775 unrepaying1829 ungainsome1832 blind alley1902 dead end1928 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 35 Pleasant sightes begin to growe, among the thriftles thornes. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. ii. 39 What thriftlesse sighes shall poore Oliuia breath? View more context for this quotation a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) i. vi. §4. 47 The most thriftles and vnprofitable part of all the whole Tree. 1750 W. Shenstone Rural Elegance 65 E'en thriftless furze detains their wand'ring sight. 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes v. 288 A man must not complain of his ‘element’, of his ‘time’, or the like; it is thriftless work doing so. 3. Devoid of thrift; without frugality or economy; wasteful, improvident, spendthrift. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > thriftless unthrifty1532 unthrift?a1562 thriftless1576 wanthrifty1621 1576 G. Gascoigne Complaynt of Phylomene in Steele Glas sig. K These thriftles birds..which spend the day, In nedlesse notes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II v. iii. 67 He shall spend mine honour, with his shame, As thriftles sonnes, their scraping Fathers gold. View more context for this quotation 1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 291 The unjust Steward: a faithless, and a thriftless man. 1692 J. P. New Guide Constables 110 The Thriftless Poor..that consumes all with Play or Drinking. 1862 B. Brodie Psychol. Inq. II. iii. 105 The artisans in crowded cities..to a great extent indulging in intemperate and thriftless habits. Derivatives ˈthriftlessly adv. wastefully. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adverb] > thriftlessly unthriftilyc1386 unthriftfully1549 unthrift-like1607 thriftlessly1846 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adverb] > without thought of future improvidentially1834 thriftlessly1846 improvidently1868 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) Thriftlessly. 1847 R. W. Hamilton Disq. Sabbath (1848) v. 188 They cannot spare thus thriftlessly moments which claim each its duty. ˈthriftlessness n. wastefulness, improvidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > lack of thrift unthriftc1374 unthriftinessc1450 wanthrifta1522 unthriftihead1590 thriftlessness1817 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] overflowingnessOE fool-largessec1405 fool-largec1450 improvidencec1450 wastry1645 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 thriftlessness1817 hand-to-mouth1835 spendthriftism1862 imprevision1883 banging1897 spendthriftiness1950 grasshoppering1956 1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation 146 It..throws them at a greater distance from the thriftlessness which prevails in the first parish. 1858 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 494/2 Lords P—— and C—— seem rather to have copied the thriftlessness of Esau. 1862 W. W. Story Roba di Roma (1864) xii. 228 The usual thriftlessness of the people, who live from hand to mouth and from day to day. 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