Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

unthrift

/ˈʌnθɹɪft/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-thrift
IPA: /ˈʌnθɹɪft/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money.

Archaic; Countable; Uncountable

adj

Example Sentences

"My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree"
"Look what an unthrift in the world doth spend ..."
"But name not Winter-faces, whose skin's slacke; Lanke, as an unthrifts purse ..."
"VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]"

Etymology

From Middle English unthrift, equivalent to un- + thrift.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Prefix: un
Root: unthrift

Usage

Inflected Forms

unthrifts (plural) more unthrift (comparative) most unthrift (superlative)

Derived Forms

unthriftness

Questions

How do you pronounce unthrift?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈʌnθɹɪft/.
What does unthrift mean?: A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.
Where does unthrift come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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