squanderers

plural of squanderer
as in wastrels
someone who spends money freely or foolishly the elderly woman refused to leave any money to the family's most notorious squanderer

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Noun
  • Heavy discounting from the likes of Burberry and Gucci in the past has left them struggling to regain their status among high spenders.
    Karen Gilchrist, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Compared to some of the more extravagant spenders on The Forbes 400—such as Larry Ellison buying an entire Hawaiian island or Mark Zuckerberg taking over half of Palo Alto—Musk isn’t much into real estate these days.
    John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • It was taken in July 2022 at the Edgewood Tahoe Resort, during an annual tournament where high rollers at the property’s casino are rewarded for their questionable impulses by being paired on the course with celebrities.
    DAVID AMSDEN, Rolling Stone, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Now, nearly a decade later, that early vision of a resort hotel that would cater, first and foremost to the casino’s high rollers, devoted players and out-of-towners, has arrived.
    Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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“Squanderers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/squanderers. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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