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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