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WASTREL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does wastrel mean?
• WASTREL (noun)
The noun WASTREL has 1 sense:
1. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Familiarity information: WASTREL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
waster; wastrel
Hypernyms ("wastrel" is a kind of...):
prodigal; profligate; squanderer (a recklessly extravagant consumer)
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