单词 | thriftless |
释义 | thriftless (once / 16554 pages) adj WORD FAMILY thriftless: thriftlessly, thriftlessness+/thrift: thriftless, thrifts, thrifty/thriftiness: thriftinesses/thrifty: thriftier, thriftiest, thriftily, thriftiness USAGE EXAMPLESHe sleeps, dreams, and wakes cured of his thriftless prejudices and morose philanthropy. Hazlitt, William, Winterslow—Essays and Characters Wr...(2012) With many noble exceptions, the large landed proprietors of Ireland are heartless, reckless, thriftless men. Stanton, Henry B., Sketches of Reforms and Reformers,...(2012) They are thriftless and good-for-nothing, Lowlanders on the steamer assured us. Pennell, Elizabeth Robins, Our Journey to the Hebrides(2012) adj careless of the future Syn improvident not provident; not providing for the future |
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