loose-handed vs spendthrift

loose-handed

adj
  • Spendthrift, profligate. 

  • Wild or uncontrolled. 

  • Sketchy and flowing rather than geometric and precise. 

  • Aimless 

  • Lenient, permissive. 

  • With open hand (as opposed to a fist). 

  • Characterized by broad sweeping movements. 

  • Involving wrist action. 

  • Casual; undisciplined or haphazard. 

adv
  • With a poor grip. 

spendthrift

adj
  • Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. 

  • Extravagant or lavish. 

noun
  • Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully. 

  • Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint. 

How often have the words loose-handed and spendthrift occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )