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Definition of wastrel noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

wastrel

noun
 
/ˈweɪstrəl/
 
/ˈweɪstrəl/
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  1. a lazy person who spends their time and/or money in a careless and stupid wayTopics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate 16th cent. (denoting a strip of waste land): from the verb waste + -rel.
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