wastrel

• At the same time he complained that Julian was an extravagant wastrel, intent on destroying the family fortunes. —  Mary Jo Putney - The Rake.htm
• He was generally considered a rake, but wastrel was a more accurate term, for he had wasted so much over the years. —  Mary Jo Putney - The Rake.htm
• Unfortunately, this particular wastrel-husband had eaten through the retainer in the first week, without actually doing anything. —  Lippman, Laura - [Tess Monaghan 04] - In Big Trouble
• There was a man who could have been Anglo-Saxon; about him too there appeared nothing unusual—a wastrel, probably with more money than wit. —  Astounding Stories, February 1932
• One William Burroughs, dope fiend, petty thief, wastrel, and, incongruously, black-sheep scion of an industrial dynasty. —  F ;SF; - vol 097 issue 01 - July 1999

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