wastrel

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von wastrel im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch: işe yaramaz adam; {i} defolu mal; {i} çok müsrif kimse; {i} ıskarta; {i} işe yaramaz kimse, hayta, serseri; bir işe yaramaz kimse; {i} işe yaramaz kimse; {i} savurgan kimse; serseri

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von wastrel im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly
Mary's mother - if that was her picture - may have been a wastrel in her spare time (she had thirteen children by a minister of the church), but if so her gay and dissipated life had left too few traces of its pleasures on her face.; {n} ground not inclosed, a common; 1. A person who wastes, especially one who squanders money; a spendthrift.2. An idler; a loafer; a good-for-nothing
Thad risked everything, including his farm, to set Abner up in the grocery business in the town of Hargrave, only to have Abner turn wastrel and lose everything.; Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc; A profligate; {i} person who wastes; bum; waste; abandoned child, foundling; Any waste thing or substance Waste land or common land; If you describe someone as a wastrel you mean that they are lazy and spend their time and money on foolish things. a lazy person who does not try to achieve anything in life (waste + -rel (as in scoundrel)); someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently; A person who wastes time or resources extravagantly; A neglected child; a street Arab
wastrels: plural of wastrel

wastrel

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wast·rel

[ 'wAs-tr&l also 'w&a ] (noun.) circa 1841. 1847, waste +‎ -rel (“(pejorative)”).“” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001

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