as in wastrel
someone who spends money freely or foolishly
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Recent Examples of waster
Food waste contributes 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions, and the United States is the world’s biggest waster.
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Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2024
On a per-person basis, Americans are in the top ranks of global food wasters.
—Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
When the city of Sacramento decided to crack down on water wasters in late March, inspectors handed out more than 350 citations in less than two days.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
The biggest water waster, though, is cleaning during installation and use.
—IEEE Spectrum, 13 Nov. 2014
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Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Sep. 2024
On a per-person basis, Americans are in the top ranks of global food wasters.
—Corinne Iozzio, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2024
When the city of Sacramento decided to crack down on water wasters in late March, inspectors handed out more than 350 citations in less than two days.
—Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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
Noun
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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.—
Ron Grossman,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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Ridley, traumatized by the cancer death of her mother and considered mostly a wastrel by those around her for pursuing a degree in the dread-inducing major of art history, knows a thing or two about the mythology behind these kindly rainbow-spewing creatures.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Their spending habits were that of a spendthrift, and there was only one parent really making any income.—
R29 Team,
Refinery29,
10 Sep. 2025
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Republicans should make liberals justify their own spendthrift ways, rather than playing defense.—
Erick Erickson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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The food today is extraordinarily good and prodigal.—
Jeff Kleinman,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Waster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/waster. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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