thriftless
🇬🇧 UK/'θriftlis/🇺🇸 US
C2
Definitions
adj.
Wasteful and careless with money or resources; not economical.
不节俭的,浪费的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishthriftother
+
lesswithout, lacking
=thriftless
Common Collocations
- 1.thriftless spending挥霍无度的消费
- 2.[thriftless habits]浪费的习惯
- 3.thriftless management对资源的肆意挥霍
- 4.[thriftless lifestyle]奢靡的生活方式
Example Sentences
- 1.
His thriftless spending habits left him deeply in debt by thirty.
- 2.
The thriftless management of company funds led to its eventual bankruptcy.
- 3.
She was known as a thriftless spender who never saved a single penny.