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wastrel

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wast·rel  (wstrl)
n.
1. One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; a profligate.
2. An idler or a loafer.
[wast(e) + -rel (as in scoundrel).]
wastrel [ˈweɪstrəl]
n
1. a wasteful person; spendthrift; prodigal
2. an idler or vagabond
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.wastrel - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
waster
prodigal, squanderer, profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer
wastrel
noun (Literary)
1. layabout, loser, shirker, good-for-nothing, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), drone, loafer, waster, skiver (Brit. slang), idler, ne'er-do-well, malingerer, saddo (Brit. slang), bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal) Her husband is a workshy, good-for-nothing wastrel.
2. spendthrift, squanderer, prodigal, profligate a wastrel who squandered his entire fortune
Translations
wastrel (o.f.) [ˈweɪstrəl] N → gandul mf, derrochador(a) m/f
wastrel [ˈweɪstrəl] n (literary) → panier m percé
wastrel
n (liter) → Prasser m (liter)
wastrel [ˈweɪstr/əl] n (layabout) → perdigiorno m/f; (spendthrift) → spendaccione/a, sprecone/a
wastrel [ˈweɪstr/əl] n (layabout) → perdigiorno m/f; (spendthrift) → spendaccione/a, sprecone/a


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On the sideboard, between fluted Sheraton knife-cases, stood a decanter of Haut Brion, and another of the old Lanning port (the gift of a client), which the wastrel Tom Lanning had sold off a year or two before his mysterious and discreditable death in San Francisco--an incident less publicly humiliating to the family than the sale of the cellar.
The Age of Innocence by Wharton, Edith View in context
The hard-working man would come to the top, the wastrel sink to the bottom.
Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context
As the time of his marriage approached, he felt that he had indeed sowed wild oats, and he felt, moreover, what a good thing it would be if he could have but one wild fling more, play the good fellow and the wastrel one last time, ere he settled down to grey lecture- rooms and sober matrimony.
The Strength of the Strong by London, Jack View in context
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