noun
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a person or thing that wastes
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a ne'er-do-well; wastrel
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an article spoiled in manufacture
Etymology
Origin of waster
1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French wastere, wastour ( see -or 2); later understood as waste + -er 1
Example Sentences
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Best Time Waster: Once again the show decided to air one of the pros’ audition tapes.
From Time • Sep. 24, 2014
His app, Bubble Ball, just beat out Angry Birds for the Biggest Time Waster at Work award, and last week became the most popular free app in the , reports The New York Observer.
From Inc • Jan. 19, 2011
But the band's final three songs – "Up the Bracket", "What a Waster" and "I Get Along" – clatter out in energetic triumph.
From The Guardian • Aug. 28, 2010
Waster of isle-dwellers Hard hands laid on Raumfolk, Steadily on the ranks Of Harald went, as I trow.
From The Sagas of Olaf Tryggvason and of Harald The Tyrant (Harald Haardraade) by Hearn, Ethel Harriet
Waster builds again,— A charmèd life old Goodness hath; The tares may perish,—but the grain Is not for death.
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 8 National Spirit by Carman, Bliss
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