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waster

noun

wast·​er ˈwā-stər How to pronounce waster (audio)
1
a(1)
: one that spends or consumes extravagantly and without thought for the future
(2)
: a dissolute person
b
: one that uses wastefully or causes or permits waste
a procedure that is a waster of time
c
: one that lays waste : destroyer
2
: an imperfect or inferior manufactured article or object

Example Sentences

He has been called a waster of taxpayers' money. He thinks every meeting is a big time waster.
Recent Examples on the Web Or will this become a passing fad and be seen as a time-waster? Blair Currie, Forbes, 2 May 2022 There are about two dozen other similar phosphate waster reservoirs in Florida, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Curt Anderson, Star Tribune, 13 Apr. 2021 One money-waster is a lack of governance over cloud infrastructure. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 5 Apr. 2021 Petersen had been invited by Poshmark to share her photography tips at the 2018 Poshfest, but according to Couloute, that was a time-waster. Alden Wicker, Wired, 10 Dec. 2020 Recruiting coordinator Phil Vigil noted that being forced to do virtual official visits one at a time was a huge time-waster, when normal official visits can usually be grouped. Sam Blum, Dallas News, 22 Oct. 2020 And then there was Snake II, an elite tier time-waster of a game that reliably gave you something to stare at on your phone nearly a decade before the iOS App Store debuted. Brian Barrett, Wired, 1 Sep. 2020 It’s bigger than losing access to classic time-wasters like Desktop Tower Defense and Line Rider. Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 6 Feb. 2020 The results run the gamut from 100-hour epics to mindless mobile phone time-wasters, and everything in between. Ars Staff, Ars Technica, 26 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)

Time Traveler
The first known use of waster was in the 14th century

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