waster

[wey-ster]

noun

1. a person or thing that wastes time, money, etc.

2. a piece of ceramic ware warped, cracked, or melted during firing.

3. a spendthrift or wastrel.

4. a destroyer.

   The Vandals were wasters of cities.

5. Chiefly British.,  wastrel.

waster

/ ˈweɪstə /

noun

1. a person or thing that wastes

2. a ne'er-do-well; wastrel

3. an article spoiled in manufacture

Word History and Origins

Origin of waster¹

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French wastere, wastour ( -or ² ); later understood as waste + -er ¹

Example Sentences

The renewables biofuel factory was intended to produce sustainable aviation fuel and diesel from waster, but faced unfavourable market conditions.

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Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.

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West in efforts to crack down on water wasters.

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And it doesn’t have to be another unending time waster or money pit project.

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The other countries in the top five wasters have also been slow even to set a baseline to measure progress.

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