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waster

waster

6 7.2
A person who spends money or time carelessly on unimportant things
  • noun
  • /ˈweɪstər/
  • Offensive
translation icon : derrochador
  • Instead of working on her assignments, she spent hours on her phone, proving to be a real waster of resources.
  • a time waster

I just, I don't, we get, we get a lot of calls of people who are time wasters.

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Examples

  • One of the biggest time wasters at work is meetings that do not start on time.

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  • I have a feeling this could be a very big time waster...

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  • The government is the biggest waster of money ever.

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  • I showed him some places, and he turned out to be a real time waster.

  • i see this television as the greatest time waster in the history of mankind.

  • I agree with you that TV is very much a time-waster in our life.

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  • Facebook is just a huge time-waster for most people anyway.

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  • You also start to cut out time-wasters and use your day more productively.

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  • I don't deal with time-wasters.

  • Suburban sprawl isn't a money maker; it is a money waster.

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Synonyms

big spender
vswaster
15 4.2

A person who buys many expensive things to show off

implies wasteful self-indulgence rather than merely showing off spending
prodigal
vswaster
9 9.4

A person who spends money freely and carelessly

adds a stronger sense of self-indulgent behaviour beyond recklessness
guzzler
vswaster
  • Informal
7 5.2

Something that uses a large amount of fuel, power, or data

adds motive of self-indulgence and careless spending beyond mere consumption
spendthrift
vswaster
5 8.5

A person who spends money in a careless, wasteful way

applies to wasting any resource, not only money
wastrel
vswaster
  • Offensive
3 9.9

A person who spends money and time carelessly on unimportant things

has identical meaning but is written as a different word
profligate
vswaster
  • Formal
1 9.9

A person who spends money or wastes resources and shows little care about right and wrong

focuses more on self-indulgent waste rather than moral judgement
squanderer
vswaster
7.5

A person who spends money or time carelessly on things they do not need

emphasizes self-indulgent motive rather than mere waste
spend-all
vswaster
  • Informal
9.4

A person who often buys things they do not need and runs out of money

highlights self-indulgence or personal pleasure behind the spending
dissipater
vswaster
9.6

A person who wastes money and chances by spending too much

emphasizes personal pleasure and indulgence more than mere recklessness
fritterer
vswaster
8.9

A person who wastes time or money on unimportant things

concerns waste for self-pleasure or indulgence rather than trivial loss
indulger
vswaster
5.9

A person who often gives themselves extra treats and comforts

focuses more on wasteful use of resources rather than mere enjoyment
overspender
vswaster
3.9

A person who spends more money than they should

focuses on wasteful self-indulgence rather than rule-breaking overshoot

Antonyms

23 1.4

A person who keeps money for the future instead of spending it

Compounds

oxygen waster
  • Offensive
8.8

A person people see as useless and as wasting resources by just living

How Wasteful

profligate
  • Formal
1 9.9
waster
  • Offensive
6 7.2
spender
34 2.1
saver
23 1.4

Surface Forms

waster singular
wasters plural

Morphology

waster = waste (transparent) = waste + er

Standard agentive formation from the verb 'waste' plus '-er' yields 'one who wastes', a directly inferable meaning for learners.

Etymology

Waster comes from the word waste, which means 'to use up' or 'throw away'. So a waster is someone who uses money, time, or things in a careless way.