waster

[ wey-ster ]

/ ˈweɪ stər /

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noun

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

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

a spendthrift or wastrel.

a destroyer: The Vandals were wasters of cities.

Chiefly British. wastrel(def 2).

RELATED WORDS

wastrel, prodigal, profligate

Nearby words

wasteful, wasteland, wastelot, wastepaper, wastepaper basket, waster, wastewater, wasteweir, wasting, wasting asset, wastrel

Origin of waster

1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French wastere, wastour (see -or²); later understood as waste + -er¹

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Examples from the Web for waster

Waster Lunny would have talked of the flood, but I had not come here for that.
The Little Minister|J. M. Barrie
A class in spelling, big boys and little girls, toed a crack in front of the waster's desk.
Secret of the Woods|William J. Long
I boasted of it in my diary when I complacently styled myself a waster in Earth's factory.
The Morals of Marcus Ordeyne|William J. Locke
The absolute perfectionist is the most tiresome of men, and a waster of time and of nerves.
The Armed Forces Officer|U. S. Department of Defense

I take the siller to feed the false wants of the waster, that should help the honorable man in his travail.
Merkland|Mrs. Oliphant

British Dictionary definitions for waster

waster

/ (ˈweɪstə) /

noun

a person or thing that wastes

a ne'er-do-well; wastrel

an article spoiled in manufacture

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