wastrel
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈweɪstrəl/
- Offensive
:
derrochador
- So if you're marrying off your daughter, whom you love, you're going to make sure that she has some gold in her possession because if the husband turns out to be a wastrel, the dowry might save her from starvation.
Examples
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Andy was essentially a portrait of Smythe's wastrel father, Flo a version of his formidable mother, and their town a portrait of the pre-war Hartlepool where Smythe grew up.
Blog text (17) -
We have become a nation of wastrels here in the U.S.
Blog text (26) -
I thought he was only a wastrel and a clown.
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We see him as a wastrel and a parasite.
Blog text (17) -
Our court is not to become a playground for wastrels.
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As a wastrel, Micawber is, of course, a cautionary figure.
Academic text (1990) -
Like myself, he was addicted to whiskey, cards, and the wastrel's life.
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Perhaps the "educational" part of the film comes from Youssef's son, a teenage wastrel who hangs out at his father's apartment.
Blog text (3) -
Viewed as comic wastrels by the "sophisticated" West, they were merely the newest entry in a long line of nouveau riche nations of which America had been a recent part.
Fiction book (1991) -
Despite his family's wealth, he is considered a wastrel for squandering money on trivial pursuits.
Synonyms
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A person who spends money or time carelessly on unimportant things
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8.4
Spending money in a careless, wasteful way
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9.9
A person who spends money or wastes resources and shows little care about right and wrong
A person who spends money or time carelessly on things they do not need
A person who often buys things they do not need and runs out of money
How Wasteful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word wastrel comes from the common word waste plus a small insulting ending -rel, so it named a person who 'wastes' what they have. So a wastrel is someone who spends money or time carelessly and selfishly.