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71spendthrift — n 1. prodigal, profligate, wastrel, waster, squanderer; scattergood, spender, Inf. big spender, Inf. free spender, Inf. high liver. adj 2. prodigal, profligate, wasteful, extravagant; dissipative, squandering, improvident, thriftless; munificent …
72wasteful — adj prodigal, lavish, extravagant, profligate, spendthrift, thriftless, overindulgent, overliberal; profuse, excessive, improvident, too free, overgener ous, free handed; unthrifty, free and easy, easy come, easy go, penny wise and pound foolish; …
73thrift — /θrɪft / (say thrift) noun 1. economical management; economy; frugality. 2. vigorous growth, as of a plant. 3. → sea pink. 4. Obsolete Colloquial accumulated wealth. {Middle English, from thrive. Compare Icelandic thrift prosperity} –thriftless,… …
74improvident — [adj] careless, spendthrift extravagant, heedless, imprudent, inconsiderate, lavish, negligent, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, shiftless, shortsighted, thoughtless, thriftless, uneconomical, unthrifty, wasteful; concepts 334,542 Ant.… …
75lavish — [adj] profuse; splendid abundant, bountiful, copious, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, extravagant, exuberant, first class, free, generous, gorgeous, grand, immoderate, impressive, improvident, inordinate, intemperate, liberal, lush, luxuriant,… …
76wanton — [adj1] extravagant, lustful abandoned, fast*, lax, lewd, libertine, libidinous, licentious, outrageous, profligate, promiscuous, shameless, speedy*, unprincipled, unscrupulous, wayward, X rated*; concepts 372,401,545 Ant. clean, decent, moral,… …
77wasteful — [adj] not economical careless, cavalier, destructive, dissipative, extravagant, immoderate, improvident, incontinent, lavish, liberal, overdone, overgenerous, pound foolish*, prodigal, profligate, profuse, reckless, ruinous, spendthrift,… …
78light come, light go — Less often heard than easy come, easy go. Cf. late 14th cent. Fr. [argent] legierement vous sont venu et legierement sont perdu, [money] comes to you lightly and is lightly lost. c 1390 CHAUCER Pardoner’s Tale 1. 781 And lightly as it comth, so… …
79improvident — adj. 1 lacking foresight or care for the future. 2 not frugal; thriftless. 3 heedless, incautious. Derivatives: improvidence n. improvidently adv …
80wastefulness — noun 1. useless or profitless activity; using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste mindless dissipation of natural resources • Syn: ↑waste, ↑dissipation • Derivationally… …
