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
Like many other spendthrifts, the College Chap was no sooner thrown upon his own resources than he turned stingy and unfeeling.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Berthold Auerbach
