waster

wast·er

 (wā′stər)

n.

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

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

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waster

(ˈweɪstə)

n

1. a person or thing that wastes

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

3. (Commerce) an article spoiled in manufacture

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wast•er

(ˈweɪ stər)

n.

1. a person or thing that wastes money, etc.

2. a destroyer; ruiner.

[1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French wastere, wastour (see -or²)]

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Thesaurus

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

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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.

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waster

noun

A person who spends money or resources wastefully:

prodigal, profligate, scattergood, spendthrift, wastrel.

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Translations

buono a nulladissipatoresprecone

waster

[ˈweɪstəʳ] N

1. (= good-for-nothing) → gandul mf

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

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waster

[ˈweɪstə^r] n → bon(ne) m/f à rien

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waster

n

→ 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

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waster

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

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