wastrels

listen to the pronunciation of wastrels
Englisch - Englisch
plural of wastrel
wastrel
One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly

Mary's mother - if that was her picture - may have been a wastrel in her spare time (she had thirteen children by a minister of the church), but if so her gay and dissipated life had left too few traces of its pleasures on her face.

wastrel
{n} ground not inclosed, a common
wastrel
1. A person who wastes, especially one who squanders money; a spendthrift.2. An idler; a loafer; a good-for-nothing

Thad risked everything, including his farm, to set Abner up in the grocery business in the town of Hargrave, only to have Abner turn wastrel and lose everything.

wastrel
Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc
wastrel
A profligate
wastrel
{i} person who wastes; bum; waste; abandoned child, foundling
wastrel
Any waste thing or substance Waste land or common land
wastrel
If you describe someone as a wastrel you mean that they are lazy and spend their time and money on foolish things. a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in life (waste + -rel (as in scoundrel))
wastrel
someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
wastrel
A person who wastes time or resources extravagantly
wastrel
A neglected child; a street Arab