wastrel
pronunciation
How to pronounce wastrel in British English:
UK [ˈweɪstrəl]
How to pronounce wastrel in American English:
US [ˈwestrəl]
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- Noun:
- someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Word Origin
- wastrel (n.)
- "spendthrift, idler," 1847, from waste (v.) + pejorative suffix -rel. Earlier "something useless or imperfect" (1790).
Example
- 1. Eat a hold of , a wastrel !
- 2. Study like a dog ; play like a wastrel .
- 3. By setting out his stall first , the treasury secretary managed to avoid the impression of being an incorrigible wastrel , summoned to see his suspicious bank manager .
- 4. His neighbour denounce him as a wastrel who had dissipated his inheritance .
- 5. Was found lying like some wastrel on a village street .