wastrel

IPA: wˈeɪstrʌɫ

noun

  • (countable, dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
  • (countable, obsolete) A neglected child.
  • (uncountable, obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
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Examples of "wastrel" in Sentences

  • He is, ultimately, an insecure wastrel.
  • Actually I fail to find peacock or wastrel terms here.
  • People thought that he is a wastrel but actually he is not.
  • Fifty five year old Srinivasa Raghavan is a worthless wastrel.
  • Julio, ashamed of his wastrel life, enlists in the French Army.
  • Yang was a gambler and a wastrel, but keen with the political scene.
  • He is an unemployed Mancunian wastrel with a particular hatred of students.
  • Helene got a stepson, the later notorious wastrel Jalmari Linder of Mustio.
  • This article is pretty bad because of wastrel words and numerous inaccuracies.
  • Ian Bliss is suitably resentful as his wastrel dad while Nicholas Bell is smug and imperious as Albert's uncle.

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