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waster

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wast·er  (wstr)
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.

waster [ˈweɪstə]
n
1. a person or thing that wastes
2. a ne'er-do-well; wastrel
3. (Business / Commerce) an article spoiled in manufacture
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.waster - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
prodigal, squanderer, profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer
2.wasterwaster - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
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 [ˈweɪstər] nbon(ne) m/f à rien
waster
n
Verschwender(in) m(f); it’s a real time-/money-wasterdas ist wirklich Zeit-/Geldverschwendung; she’s a terrible waster of electricitysie verschwendet schrecklich viel Strom
(= good-for-nothing)Taugenichts m
waster [ˈweɪstəʳ] n (good-for-nothing) → perdigiorno m/f; (spendthrift) → sprecone/a
waster [ˈweɪstəʳ] n (good-for-nothing) → perdigiorno m/f; (spendthrift) → sprecone/a


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It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse.
Now the son of Tydeus was in pursuit of the Cyprian goddess, spear in hand, for he knew her to be feeble and not one of those goddesses that can lord it among men in battle like Minerva or Enyo the waster of cities, and when at last after a long chase he caught her up, he flew at her and thrust his spear into the flesh of her delicate hand.
 
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