squanderer

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squan·der

(skwŏn′dər)

tr.v. squan·dered, squan·der·ing, squan·ders

1. To spend wastefully or extravagantly; dissipate. See Synonyms at waste.

2. To fail to take advantage of: squandered an opportunity to go to college.

3. Archaic To scatter.

Extravagant expenditure; prodigality.

[Origin unknown.]

squan′der·er n.

squan′der·ing·ly adv.

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Noun

squanderer - a recklessly extravagant consumer

prodigal, profligate

consumer - a person who uses goods or services

scattergood, spend-all, spendthrift, spender - someone who spends money prodigally

waster, wastrel - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently

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I squander what is given me, a squanderer with a thousand hands: how could I call that--sacrificing?

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Maimonides and the Habitus Concept

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Youth Talk

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He was considered neither a glutton nor a squanderer, like most of those who squander their resources, but rather a man of refined luxury.

Self-satire in the Cena Trimalchionis

At first glance, the squanderer seems to be an entirely different person, but, in the end, he is guilty of the same sin.