wastrel

[Wast·rel]

Your brother who spends money as quickly as he gets it, always wearing new clothes and taking friends out for expensive dinners? You might call him a wastrel, meaning he spends his money foolishly.

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Any waste thing or substance

Noun
someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently


n.
Any waste thing or substance

n.
Waste land or common land.

n.
A profligate.

n.
A neglected child; a street Arab.

n.
Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc.


Wastrel

Wast"rel , n. 1. Any waste thing or substance; as: (a) Waste land or common land. [Obs.] Carew. (b) A profligate. [Prov. Eng.] (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [Eng.] 2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]

Any waste thing or substance

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Usage Examples

Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.

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