waster
Meaning
- Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
- (obsolete) A destroyer or plunderer.
- An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
Synonyms
waste matter
good-for-nothing person
wastethrift
ne’er-do-weel
off-specification material
scrap pape
waste substance
off-grade product
shuffs
off sorts
Translations
sprecone
σπάταλος
Vergeuder
destructeur
malgastador άσωτος
despilfarrador gastador
مُبَذِّر PrasserPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈweɪstə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.
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