waster
noun [C] /ˈweɪ.stər/
/-stɚ/ Definition
› informal disapproving a person or thing who wastes something: He's a time waster. This project is nothing but a money waster.Wasting › UK informal disapproving a person who does nothing positive with their life, making no use of their abilities or the opportunities that are offered them: There were the usual bunch of wasters hanging round the bar.People of little importance
(Definition of waster noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- boondoggle noun
- dissipate verb
- down the drain idiom
- fritter sth away phrasal verb
- gluttonous adjective
- lose verb (NOT HAVE)
- piss sth away phrasal verb
- prodigal adjective
- profligate adjective
- reinvent the wheel idiom
- squander verb
- throw sth away phrasal verb
- toss sth away phrasal verb
- uneconomic adjective
- wastage noun
- waste not, want not idiom
- waste noun (BAD USE)
- waste verb (USE BADLY)
- wasted adjective (BADLY USED)
- wasteful adjective
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