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wast·er

 (wā′stər)
n.
1. One that wastes: a waster of time; a waster of money.
2. One that lays waste; a destroyer: a waster of enemy cities.
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waster

(ˈweɪstə)
n
1. a person or thing that wastes
2. a ne'er-do-well; wastrel
3. (Commerce) an article spoiled in manufacture
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wast•er

(ˈweɪ stər)

n.
1. a person or thing that wastes money, etc.
2. a destroyer; ruiner.
[1300–50; Middle English < Anglo-French wastere, wastour (see -or2)]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.waster - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
wastrel
prodigal, squanderer, profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer
2.waster - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste towaster - a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to; "a destroyer of the environment"; "jealousy was his undoer"; "uprooters of gravestones"
ruiner, uprooter, destroyer, undoer
annihilator - a total destroyer
bad person - a person who does harm to others
iconoclast, image breaker - a destroyer of images used in religious worship
diversionist, saboteur, wrecker - someone who commits sabotage or deliberately causes wrecks
vandal - someone who willfully destroys or defaces property
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waster

noun layabout, loser, good-for-nothing, shirker, piker (Austral. & N.Z. slang), drone, loafer, skiver (Brit. slang), idler, ne'er-do-well, wastrel, malingerer, saddo (Brit. slang), bludger (Austral. & N.Z. informal) His brother is just a useless waster.
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waster

noun
A person who spends money or resources wastefully:
prodigal, profligate, scattergood, spendthrift, wastrel.
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Translations

waster

[ˈweɪstəʳ] N
1. (= good-for-nothing) → gandul mf
2. (= spendthrift) → derrochador(a) m/f
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

waster

[ˈweɪstər] n → bon(ne) m/f à rien
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

waster

n
→ Verschwender(in) m(f); it’s a real time-/money-waster → das ist wirklich Zeit-/Geldverschwendung; she’s a terrible waster of electricity → sie verschwendet schrecklich viel Strom
(= good-for-nothing) → Taugenichts m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

waster

[ˈweɪstəʳ] n (good-for-nothing) → perdigiorno m/f; (spendthrift) → sprecone/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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There was no discussion that French Frank was a waster.
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In America we should call him a pretty fair specimen of a waster."
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"It shall never be said, whilst I am bailiff of Southampton, that any waster, riever, draw-latch or murtherer came scathless away from me and my posse.
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Now the son of Tydeus was in pursuit of the Cyprian goddess, spear in hand, for he knew her to be feeble and not one of those goddesses that can lord it among men in battle like Minerva or Enyo the waster of cities, and when at last after a long chase he caught her up, he flew at her and thrust his spear into the flesh of her delicate hand.
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'Gluttonous wasters' are there, lazy beggars, lying pilgrims, corrupt friars and pardoners, venal lawyers, and, with a lively touch of realistic humour, cooks and their 'knaves' crying, 'Hot pies!' But a sane balance is preserved--there are also worthy people, faithful laborers, honest merchants, and sincere priests and monks.
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'Under Hospital Management Rules 2014, action is being taken against the hospitals and medical centers which are not disposing of and dumping their waster properly,' he said.
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Once we identify a time waster it is our personal responsibility to deal with such waster.
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