waster — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.

2. An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.

   Usage

   • dialectal

   Synonyms

   thief

3. A destroyer or plunderer.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.

4. An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

   Examples

   Unless the cast was very hot indeed, the steel would refuse to ascend, and a great many wasters were caused thereby.

5. An idle, worthless person; a loser.

   Usage

   • Derogatory
   • Slang

   Examples

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   I don't want a total waster and I'm definitely not looking for a hook-up, but I really do need an okay date. Someone normal. Someone I can introduce to family and friends […]

Noun

1. A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

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   Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds.

2. A leister; a spear for catching fish.

   Usage

   • Scotland
   • Obsolete

Noun

1. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

   Synonyms

   wastrel

   Broader terms

   prodigalprofligatesquanderer

2. a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to

   Synonyms

   destroyerruinerundoeruprooter

   Broader terms

   bad person

   Examples

   a destroyer of the environment

   jealousy was his undoer

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   uprooters of gravestones