as in wastrel
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
we want you to get a job so that you'll be a waster of your own money and not ours
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Recent Examples of waster
On a per-person basis, Americans are in the top ranks of global food wasters.
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Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
When the city of Sacramento decided to crack down on water wasters in late March, inspectors handed out more than 350 citations in less than two days.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
The company has no use for delegators and money wasters.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
Director and co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center Of Excellence Joe O’Connor tells PBS companies can cut work hours and maintain productivity by fixing time-wasters like overlong meetings, inefficient processes and other workplace distractions.
—Emily Washburn, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
When the city of Sacramento decided to crack down on water wasters in late March, inspectors handed out more than 350 citations in less than two days.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
The company has no use for delegators and money wasters.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
Director and co-founder of the Work Time Reduction Center Of Excellence Joe O’Connor tells PBS companies can cut work hours and maintain productivity by fixing time-wasters like overlong meetings, inefficient processes and other workplace distractions.
—Emily Washburn, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waster
Noun
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Henry Muck, suitably nicknamed Prince Hal by his family and friends, may be Industry’s version of the ultimate privileged wastrel.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2024
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Atay lingers on the outskirts, keeping the company of workers and wastrels, poets and drunks—all those who refuse the monumental transformations of Turkish society.—
Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
8 Oct. 2024
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Brown reduced the number from 10.0 in spendthrift Schwarzenegger’s last year to an average of 9.26 over eight years.—
John Seiler,
Orange County Register,
17 Jan. 2025
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The political newlyweds were followed closely by actual newlyweds, the spendthrift Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant, at 20 percent.—
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27 July 2024
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Instead, all the adulation is directed toward Charlotte’s prodigal adopted son, the guy who holds more than his share of team records and is considered by many to be the best player in franchise history.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Jan. 2025
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After all, there’s always one prodigal — one unstable element who’s removed themself as far as possible from the precarious family mixture.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
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“Waster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waster. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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