Thrift and Wastefulness

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Thrift noun - Careful management of material resources.

Usage example: through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college

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Wastefulness is an antonym for thrift.

Nearby Words: thrifty, thriftless, thriftily

Wastefulness noun - The quality or fact of being free or wasteful in the expenditure of money.

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Thrift is an antonym for wastefulness.

Nearby Words: waste, wasteful

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