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 English
thriftother
+
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.

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