as in wasteful
given to spending money freely or foolishly
spendthrift consumers had amassed a mountain of debt on their credit cards
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as in wastrel
someone who carelessly spends money
the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year
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Recent Examples of spendthrift
Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
Those could have been used to constrain distributions to or for the benefit of the spendthrift child.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Declan Walsh, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Brown reduced the number from 10.0 in spendthrift Schwarzenegger’s last year to an average of 9.26 over eight years.
—John Seiler, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
Galle’s father worked for Marie Antoinette, but the French Revolution unsurprisingly had a major impact on the aristocratic market for spendthrift furnishings like this.
—Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
Those could have been used to constrain distributions to or for the benefit of the spendthrift child.
—Martin Shenkman, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
Noun
Worst of all, many said, were the broadsides delivered by Mr. Musk and the White House portraying the agency as a rogue, criminal agency run by spendthrift officials pursuing their personal agendas.
—Declan Walsh, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2025
Brown reduced the number from 10.0 in spendthrift Schwarzenegger’s last year to an average of 9.26 over eight years.
—John Seiler, Orange County Register, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spendthrift
Adjective
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Griffin has in the past criticized Trump, but said during the event that the administration’s efforts to crack down on immigration and to cut wasteful government spending were good things.—
Lauren Irwin,
The Hill,
23 Apr. 2025
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While this page supports fiscal responsibility and eliminating wasteful spending, the latest moves have an ulterior motive.—
Orlando Sentinel and Chicago Tribune editorial boards,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Apr. 2025
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Ridley, traumatized by the cancer death of her mother and considered mostly a wastrel by those around her for pursuing a degree in the dread-inducing major of art history, knows a thing or two about the mythology behind these kindly rainbow-spewing creatures.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
12 Mar. 2025
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Henry Muck, suitably nicknamed Prince Hal by his family and friends, may be Industry’s version of the ultimate privileged wastrel.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2024
Noun
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Secrets are revealed, prodigals return, intolerances surface and family bonds are tested.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Apr. 2025
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The food today is extraordinarily good and prodigal.—
Jeff Kleinman,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For example, default settings for focus time added blocking of sites in the categories Shopping, Tabloids, and Time wasters.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
13 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Brown Harris Stevens Above the bedroom is a double-height library, which turns the sloping ceiling behind a mansard roof into a design feature rather than a space waster.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
24 Oct. 2024
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In some ways, the game was set up for him, with Villa profligate but still regularly creating chances.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
18 Aug. 2024
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The monarchy and the British government, which provides significant financial support for the institution, have long faced a careful balancing act: Both have worked to maintain the pomp and circumstance of the institution while avoiding looking profligate.—
WSJ,
WSJ,
14 Sep. 2022
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“Spendthrift.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spendthrift. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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