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
The form asks for the date and time of the watering, along with the waster’s address.
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Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.
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Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
22 Apr. 2026
Start with your biggest time waster and build from there.
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Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
The biggest water waster, though, is cleaning during installation and use.
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IEEE Spectrum,
13 Nov. 2014
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Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
29 May 2026
The state Department of Environmental Protection is responding and will assist in the safe disposal of waster materials generated during the cleanup Morrisey said.
—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC news,
22 Apr. 2026
Start with your biggest time waster and build from there.
—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
The biggest water waster, though, is cleaning during installation and use.
—
IEEE Spectrum,
13 Nov. 2014
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for waster
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Delery ruminates on her wastrel youth.
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He was raised on Chicago’s North Side by a wastrel father and a mother who struggled to put food on their table.
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To be a valid spendthrift trust in Illinois, three factors must be met.
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The split screen of Bezos and his spendthrift wife, Lauren Sánchez, frolicking everywhere — including Paris Fashion Week — while the tech mogul defiles the crown jewel nurtured by Ben Bradlee and Kay Graham is sickening.
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Crucially, the premium push isn't crowding out lower-income spenders.
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The north London side have been hefty transfer spenders since completing the build of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2019, and such spending had caught up with their bank balance.
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Twenty-six James Bond films (the 25 Eon joints, plus the prodigal Never Say Never Again) are coming to Netflix this month.
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Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.
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“Waster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waster. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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