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English Dictionary: wastrel by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wastrel
n
  1. someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn: wastrel, waster]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Wastrel \Wast"rel\, n.
      1. Any waste thing or substance; as:
            (a) Waste land or common land. [Obs.] --Carew.
            (b) A profligate. [Prov. Eng.]
            (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [Eng.]
  
      2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks,
            china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
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