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wastrel
wast·rel
[
wáystrəl
]
(
plural
wast·rels
)
noun
Definition:
wasteful person:
somebody regarded as wasteful, spendthrift, or lazy
(
insult
)
[
Late 16th century. <waste +
-rel
, ending indicating "little" or a derogatory sense
]
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