spendthrift
noun
a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
spendthrifts
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pluralof spendthrift.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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I will uphold his wishes, but if I outlive him and there’s no agreement in place, I would likely give little to nothing to his children because they are irresponsible spendthrifts.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 16, 2026
Two curmudgeonly old rivals, reclusive spendthrifts, are marching toward a showdown that a lot of people really wish wasn’t happening.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
Sacrifice sheer consumer quantity in favor of quality spendthrifts?
From Washington Post ● Aug. 30, 2022
The reason massive stars are such spendthrifts is that, as we saw above, the rate of fusion depends very strongly on the star’s core temperature.
From Textbooks ● Oct. 13, 2016
They were five young men whom he knew to be lavish spendthrifts, and whom he expected to acquit themselves honourably in more senses than one.
From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann
