thriftless
Adjective: 1. Careless of the future; lacking prudence or foresight in managing resources: Characterized by an inability or unwillingness to save money or use resources wisely, often leading to wastefulness. 2. Wasteful; not thrifty: Describes a person or behavior that spends or uses things in a reckless, extravagant, or inefficient manner.
The adjective "thriftless" is used to describe a person, their habits, or their actions. It implies a short-sighted attitude towards resources like money, time, or materials. It is a formal or literary term.
- Describing a person:
- His thriftless brother quickly spent the entire inheritance.
- She was often criticized for being thriftless with her earnings.
- Describing behavior or use:
- The project failed due to thriftless management of funds.
- It was a thriftless use of such precious materials.
- "thriftless extravagance": A literary phrase emphasizing wasteful spending.
- The court was known for its thriftless extravagance.
- "thriftless of": Followed by the resource being wasted (e.g., time, opportunity).
- He was thriftless of his talents, never applying them seriously.
- Thriftlessly (adverb): In a thriftless manner.
- He lived thriftlessly, with no thought for tomorrow.
- Thriftlessness (noun): The quality or state of being thriftless.
- His thriftlessness eventually led to poverty.
- Wasteful
- Improvident
- Profligate
- Spendthrift
- Extravagant
- Thrifty
- Frugal
- Provident
- Prudent
- Economical
While "thriftless" itself is not commonly used in modern idioms, it relates to the concept in the idiom: - "Spend money like water": To spend money in a very free and thriftless way. - The young heir spent money like water and was soon bankrupt.
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