Wastrel Definition

wāstrəl
wastrels
noun
wastrels
A person who wastes; esp., a spendthrift.
Webster's New World
An idler or a loafer.
American Heritage

Good-for-nothing.

Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Wastrel

Noun

Singular:
wastrel
Plural:
wastrels

Origin of Wastrel

  • 1847, waste +"Ž -rel (“(pejorative)").

    From Wiktionary

  • wast(e) -rel (as in scoundrel)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Wastrel Sentence Examples

  • Simon Schatzberger undoubtedly stole the show as Harry, a selfish wastrel struck down by a debilitating stroke.

  • How did an idle, talentless, disgruntled wastrel come to terrorize a continent?

  • Angel's journey began as a carousing wastrel in his pre-vampire days.

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