as in wasteful
given to spending money freely or foolishly
spendthrift consumers had amassed a mountain of debt on their credit cards
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as in wastrel
someone who carelessly spends money
the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year
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Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2023
Chantel Chapman, a 40-year-old entrepreneur in Richmond, British Columbia, was once a spendthrift in this way.
—Juli Fraga, New York Times, 5 July 2023
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The women who raised Churchill and Roosevelt were strikingly different: one a gorgeous spendthrift, the other a dignified matriarch.
—Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 4 Sep. 2023
Chantel Chapman, a 40-year-old entrepreneur in Richmond, British Columbia, was once a spendthrift in this way.
—Juli Fraga, New York Times, 5 July 2023
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“Spendthrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendthrift. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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