as in wastrel
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
we want you to get a job so that you'll be a waster of your own money and not ours
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Recent Examples of waster
On a per-person basis, Americans are in the top ranks of global food wasters.
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Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
When the city of Sacramento decided to crack down on water wasters in late March, inspectors handed out more than 350 citations in less than two days.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
The company has no use for delegators and money wasters.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
Director and co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center Of Excellence Joe O’Connor tells PBS companies can cut work hours and maintain productivity by fixing time-wasters like overlong meetings, inefficient processes and other workplace distractions.
—Emily Washburn, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
When the city of Sacramento decided to crack down on water wasters in late March, inspectors handed out more than 350 citations in less than two days.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
The company has no use for delegators and money wasters.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
Director and co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center Of Excellence Joe O’Connor tells PBS companies can cut work hours and maintain productivity by fixing time-wasters like overlong meetings, inefficient processes and other workplace distractions.
—Emily Washburn, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waster
Noun
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Ridley, traumatized by the cancer death of her mother and considered mostly a wastrel by those around her for pursuing a degree in the dread-inducing major of art history, knows a thing or two about the mythology behind these kindly rainbow-spewing creatures.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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Henry Muck, suitably nicknamed Prince Hal by his family and friends, may be Industry’s version of the ultimate privileged wastrel.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2024
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While small compared to what the RTA has spent on lobbying efforts, the spendthrifts at the CTA don’t put much confidence in how any of the agencies would spend dwindling amounts of Illinois tax dollars if lawmakers hold them back from the looming fiscal precipice.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
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Most states allow spendthrift trusts, but some limit the amount of principal that can be protected.—
Bob Carlson,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Having blown into town as a returned prodigal, Jérémie seems to be on his way to becoming a surrogate son.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Jérémie stays on as a guest of the baker’s widow (Catherine Frot), but her son (Jean-Baptiste Durand) resents the prodigal’s return.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Waster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waster. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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