wastrel
a wasteful person; spendthrift: The wastrel had squandered his inheritance, and then came to her, looking for a handout.
Chiefly British.
refuse; waste.
a waif; abandoned child.
an idler or good-for-nothing.
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How to use wastrel in a sentence
I pushed all that away with a preoccupied hand, not as part and parcel of my wastrel living but in my assured Artist-temper.
I, Mary MacLane | Mary MacLaneDrunkenness and an iron social system manufactured the criminal, the wastrel, the lunatic, and we dealt with the waste product.
He came from Stappen under Snaefell, and was known there for a wastrel.
The Bondman | Hall CaineAbove the tiny stone-built village of wastrel-dale the Muir Pike nods its massive head.
Bob, Son of Battle | Alfred OllivantSam'l took him up bodily and carried him down the slope to the wastrel, shaking him gently as he went.
Bob, Son of Battle | Alfred Ollivant
British Dictionary definitions for wastrel
/ (ˈweɪstrəl) /
a wasteful person; spendthrift; prodigal
an idler or vagabond
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