how to pronounce spendthrift
/ˈspɛnd.θɹɪft/
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spendthrift is pronounced in two syllables
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An example use of spendthrift in a speech by a native speaker of british english:
“… governing the spendthrift strongmen of …”
meanings of spendthrift
adjective:
- Extravagant or lavish.
- Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
noun:
- Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
spendthrift frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR
the word spendthrift occurs in english on average 0.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.
topics spendthrift can be related to
it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that spendthrift can be often used in the following areas:
1) communication, information, and media;
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