wastrel
noun
[ ˈweɪstr(ə)l ]
• a wasteful or good-for-nothing person.
• "I have no intention of seeing my dues gambled away by your wastrel of a son"
Similar:
spendthrift,
prodigal,
profligate,
squanderer,
big spender,
idler,
loafer,
good-for-nothing,
drone,
ne'er-do-well,
do-nothing,
layabout,
slob,
lounger,
shirker,
sluggard,
slug,
laggard,
slugabed,
waster,
loser,
slacker,
lazybones,
skiver,
• a waif; a neglected child.
Origin:
late 16th century (denoting a strip of waste land): from the verb waste + -rel.
