Meaning

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

    Verschwender, Verschwenderin

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

  3. An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.

  4. (derogatory, slang)An idle, worthless person; a loser.

  5. (obsolete)A destroyer or plunderer.

  6. (obsolete)A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.

  7. (Scotland, obsolete)A leister; a spear for catching fish.

More definitions
  • someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
  • a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to

Examples

3 sentences
  1. What's your favorite time waster?

    deWomit verschwendest du am liebsten deine Zeit? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. No time-wasters.

  3. It's easy to give out money when it's not yours. That's why the state is the biggest money waster.

    deGeld ausgeben ist leicht, wenn es nicht das eigene ist. Deswegen ist der Staat der größte Verschwender. — Waldelfe

Translations

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By meaning 1
one that wastes:

Origin

From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare

From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.

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Forms

plural: wasters

Synonyms

26 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

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