spendthriftness en · NOUN
Etymology
From spendthrift + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The condition of being a spendthrift; profligacy.
This gives me hope for a technological cure for spendthriftness: a credit card that would remind you of your outstanding balance every time you started to buy something.
2007 January 16, John Tierney, “The Voices in My Head Say ‘Buy It!’ Why Argue?”, in New York Times: