wastrel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
    waster.

WordNet


Wast"rel noun
Definitions
  1. Any waste thing or substance; as: (a) Waste land or common land. Obs. Carew. (b) A profligate. Prov. Eng. (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. Eng.
  2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. Obs. or Prov. Eng.

Webster 1913