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a(1)
: one that spends or consumes extravagantly and without thought for the future
(2)
: a dissolute person
b
: one that uses wastefully or causes or permits waste
a procedure that is a waster of time
c
: one that lays waste : destroyer
2
: an imperfect or inferior manufactured article or object
Examples of waster in a Sentence
He has been called a waster of taxpayers' money.
He thinks every meeting is a big time waster.
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Show me exactly how to reorganize my day to focus on growth drivers first, which of my tasks are secretly time-wasters dressed as important work, and how to say no to everything else.
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.
—PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative
Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.
—PCMAG, 13 Jan. 2025
Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 24 Oct. 2024
California is moving to outlaw watering some grass that’s purely decorative
Today, the lawn is among the biggest wasters of water in our urban environment — by some estimates accounting for more than half of the gallons used by city residents each year.
—Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Waster.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/waster. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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waster
noun
wast·er
ˈwā-stər 
: one that uses or uses up carelessly or needlessly
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