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1. One that wastes: a waster of time; a waster of money.

2. One that lays waste; a destroyer: a waster of enemy cities.

waster [ˈweɪstə]

1. a person or thing that wastes

2. a ne'er-do-well; wastrel

3. (Business / Commerce) an article spoiled in manufacture

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Noun	1.	waster - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently wastrel prodigal, squanderer, profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer
	2.	waster - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones" ruiner, uprooter, destroyer, undoer annihilator - a total destroyer bad person - a person who does harm to others iconoclast, image breaker - a destroyer of images used in religious worship diversionist, saboteur, wrecker - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks vandal - someone who willfully destroys or defaces property

waster

noun layabout, loser, good-for-nothing, shirker, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), drone, loafer, skiver (Brit. slang), idler, ne'er-do-well, wastrel, malingerer, saddo (Brit. slang), bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal) His brother is just a useless waster.

Translations

waster [ˈweɪstəʳ] N

1. (= good-for-nothing) → gandul mf

2. (= spendthrift) → derrochador(a) m/f

waster [ˈweɪstə^r] n → bon(ne) m/f à rien

waster

→ Verschwender(in) m(f); it’s a real time-/money-waster → das ist wirklich Zeit-/Geldverschwendung; she’s a terrible waster of electricity → sie verschwendet schrecklich viel Strom

(= good-for-nothing) → Taugenichts m

waster [ˈweɪstəʳ] n (good-for-nothing) → perdigiorno m/f; (spendthrift) → sprecone/a

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Annihilator bad person bum deadbeat destroyer diversionist good-for-nothing iconoclast idler image breaker Loafer prodigal profligate Ruiner saboteur spendthrift Squanderer time-waster Undoer	After learning how to brandish a wooden sword I was let loose on a blunt but bulky metal version and used all the blocking and attacking techniques I'd just learnt, attempting not to look completely stupid. Feeling gladiator all over; JESSICA MELLOR dresses up in a tunic, ... by The Mirror (London, England) The 21st edition of the festival faces similar questions: with more than 20 performances in the official competition (11 European, three African, seven Asian, and two South American, in addition to two Egyptian entries), will be it able to touch lives, or is it just another Don Quixote, with a wooden sword and a vacuum cleaner? Is experimental theater fest coming of age? by Daily News Egypt (Egypt) Students will be issued with wooden swords, called "wasters," to practice the correct handling of weapons and learn some of the tricks of defensive and offensive fighting at workshops taking place throughout the day. Youngsters' chance to go knight school; TheDailyPreview: Knight's ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)	woodcarving woodchat woodchipper woodchop woodchopper woodchuck woodcock Woodcock owl Woodcock shell woodcock snipe Woodcracker woodcraft woodcrafter woodcreeper woodcut woodcutter woodcutting wooded wooden Wooden Horse wooden Indian wooden leg wooden pear wooden shoe wooden spoon Wooden sword wooden tongue Wooden ware Wooden wedding wooden-headed woodenhead woodenheaded woodenly Woodenness woodentop woodenware woodfern woodfree woodgrain woodgraining woodgrouse Woodhack woodhen Woodhewer Woodhole Woodhouse Woodhull woodie Woodiness Woodkern Woodknacker	Wooden Embroidery Hoop Wooden Half Subassembly Wooden Horse Wooden Hull Yacht Club wooden Indian wooden interdental cleaner wooden leg Wooden Leg Goat Wooden log Wooden log Wooden log Wooden Man Wooden nickel Wooden Nickel Jass Band Wooden nutmeg wooden pear Wooden pipes Wooden Plow Wooden Power Pole Wooden screens wooden sensation Wooden ship Wooden ship Wooden ship Wooden Ships & Iron Men wooden shoe wooden spoon Wooden Spoons Wooden sword Wooden Swords Wooden Swords Wooden Table Wooden Table Wooden Table Wooden Table wooden tongue wooden tongue wooden tongue Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice Wooden ware Wooden wedding Wooden wire Wooden wire Wooden wire Wooden wire Wooden wire Wooden Yacht Club Japan Wooden, John wooden-head wooden-headed Woodend District Heritage Society Woodend Winter Arts Festival woodenhead woodenheaded woodenly woodenly woodenly Woodenman woodenness

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Annihilator
bad person
bum
deadbeat
destroyer
diversionist
good-for-nothing
iconoclast
idler
image breaker
Loafer
prodigal
profligate
Ruiner
saboteur
spendthrift
Squanderer
time-waster
Undoer

After learning how to brandish a wooden sword I was let loose on a blunt but bulky metal version and used all the blocking and attacking techniques I'd just learnt, attempting not to look completely stupid.

Feeling gladiator all over; JESSICA MELLOR dresses up in a tunic, ... by The Mirror (London, England)

The 21st edition of the festival faces similar questions: with more than 20 performances in the official competition (11 European, three African, seven Asian, and two South American, in addition to two Egyptian entries), will be it able to touch lives, or is it just another Don Quixote, with a wooden sword and a vacuum cleaner?

Is experimental theater fest coming of age? by Daily News Egypt (Egypt)

Students will be issued with wooden swords, called "wasters," to practice the correct handling of weapons and learn some of the tricks of defensive and offensive fighting at workshops taking place throughout the day.

Youngsters' chance to go knight school; TheDailyPreview: Knight's ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

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