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   Wast·rel

   /ˈwāstrəl/

   

   noun

   • 1. a wasteful or good-for-nothing person: literary "I have no intention of seeing my dues gambled away by your wastrel of a son" Similar spendthriftprodigalprofligatesquandererinformal:big spenderidlerloafergood-for-nothingdronene'er-do-welldo-nothinglayaboutslobloungershirkersluggardsluglaggardslugabedinformal:wasterloserslackerlazybonesskiver
   • 2. a waif; a neglected child. archaic

   Word Origin late 16th century (denoting a strip of waste land): from the verb waste + -rel.

   Scrabble Points: 10

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