Wastrel - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈweɪstrəl|  American pronunciation of the word wastrel
Brit.  |ˈweɪstr(ə)l|  British pronunciation of the word wastrel

noun

- someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently (syn: waster)

Extra examples

...the black sheep of the family, he ended up being a wastrel and a drunkard...

...a crapulous wastrel who went through the family's once-fabulous fortune in less than a decade...

...the earl's wastrel son had spent the best part of his youth roistering and gambling...

Word forms

noun
singular: wastrel
plural: wastrels
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