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Spendthrift vs Unthrift - What's the difference?

spendthrift | unthrift |

As nouns the difference between spendthrift and unthrift

is that spendthrift is someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully while unthrift is a lack of thriftiness; prodigality.

As adjectives the difference between spendthrift and unthrift

is that spendthrift is wasteful, improvident or profligate while unthrift is unthrifty.

spendthrift

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * spendthrift trust

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Wasteful, improvident or profligate.
  • Lavish or extravagant.

    • unthrift

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.
  • Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money.
  • *1633 , John Donne, "The Autumnall":
  • *:But name not Winter-faces , whose skin's slacke; / Lanke, as an unthrifts purse [...].

    • Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Unthrifty.