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- Dictionarywastrel/ˈweɪstr(ə)l/
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
- 2. a waif; a neglected child. archaic
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A wastrel is a person who does nothing positive with their life, making no use of their abilities or the opportunities that are offered to them. Learn more about the word, its pronunciation, and its translations in Chinese and other languages.
- English (US)
WASTREL meaning: 1. a person who does nothing positive with...
- Znaczenie Wastrel, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary
WASTREL definicja: 1. a person who does nothing positive...
- Wastrel in Traditional Chinese
WASTREL translate: 浪費生命的人，廢物，無用的人. Learn more in the...
- Wastrel in Simplified Chinese
WASTREL translate: 浪费生命的人，废物，无用的人. Learn more in the...
- Wastewater
WASTEWATER definition: water that is not clean because it...
- Cambridge English Dictionary에서의 의미
wastrel 의미, 정의, wastrel의 정의: 1. a person who does nothing...
- Pronunciation in English
WASTREL pronunciation. How to say WASTREL. Listen to the...
- Wasting Asset
WASTING ASSET definition: an asset, such as an investment or...
- English (US)
A wastrel is a vagabond, a waif, or a profligate who spends resources foolishly and self-indulgently. Learn the synonyms, examples, and word history of wastrel from Merriam-Webster dictionary.
A wastrel is a wasteful person, a spendthrift, or an idler. The word comes from waste + -rel and is chiefly used in British English. See how to use wastrel in a sentence and its synonyms.
A wastrel is someone who tends to waste things, careless with anything from money to time, and everything else, too. You can tell wastrels by behavior like running the water while brushing their teeth or spending every dime they have on ice cream and luxurious sweaters.
A wastrel is a wasteful or worthless person, who spends money or time recklessly or avoids work. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of wastrel, as well as related terms and antonyms.
A wastrel is a lazy person who spends their time and/or money in a careless and stupid way. Learn how to use this literary word with pronunciation, synonyms and usage notes from Oxford University Press.
If you describe someone as a wastrel, you mean that they are lazy and spend their time and money on foolish things.
