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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.]
            [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks,
        china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]

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.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  wastrel
       n : someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently [syn: waster]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  wastrel
     n.
     (lb en countable dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or
  resources extravagantly.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  wastrel
     n.
     (lb en countable dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or
  resources extravagantly.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  wastrel
     n.
     (lb en countable dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or
  resources extravagantly.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  wastrel
     n.
     (lb en countable dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or
  resources extravagantly.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  wastrel
     Englanti n.
     (yhteys halventava k=en) tuhlari

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Wastrel /wˈastɹəl/
  المبذّر

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  wastrel //weɪstɹəl// 
  разсипник
  A person who wastes resources and/or time.

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  wastrel /wˈastɹəl/ 
  marnotratník

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  wastrel /wˈastɹəl/ 
  rozmařilec

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  wastrel /wˈastɹəl/
   [poet.] verschwenderischer Mensch , Verschwender 
     Synonyms: spendthrift, squanderer, prodigal, profligate
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  wastrel /wˈastɹəl/
  Tagedieb , Tagediebin 
     Synonyms: loafer, idler
  

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  wastrel /wˈastɹəl/
  1. selejt
  2. pazarló
  3. senkiházi
  4. utcagyerek
  5. semmirevaló
  6. otthontalan gyerek

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  wastrel /wˈastɹəl/
  1. müsrif kimse
  2. bir işe yaramaz kimse
  3. avare kimse.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  113 Moby Thesaurus words for "wastrel":
     Arab, Bowery bum, bad lot, beach bum, beachcomber, beggar,
     beggarly fellow, big-time spender, black sheep, blackguard,
     blighter, bo, budmash, bum, bummer, caitiff, castaway, castoff,
     derelict, devil, discard, dissipater, dogie, drifter, drunkard,
     flotsam, flotsam and jetsam, foundling, gamin, gamine,
     good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, guttersnipe, hobo,
     homeless waif, human wreck, idler, jetsam, junk, knave, lagan,
     landloper, lazzarone, lecher, libertine, loafer, losel, lounger,
     lowlife, mauvais sujet, mean wretch, mucker, mudlark, no-good,
     orphan, pauvre diable, piker, pilgarlic, poor creature, poor devil,
     prodigal, prodigal son, profligate, ragamuffin, ragman, ragpicker,
     rake, rapscallion, rascal, refuse, reject, rip, rogue, roue,
     rounder, rubbish, sad case, sad sack, scalawag, scamp, scapegrace,
     scoundrel, ski bum, skid-row bum, spend-all, spender, spendthrift,
     squanderer, stiff, stray, street Arab, street urchin, sundowner,
     surf bum, swagman, swagsman, tatterdemalion, tennis bum, tramp,
     trash, truant, turnpiker, urchin, vag, vagabond, vagrant, vaurien,
     waif, waifs and strays, waster, wastethrift, worthless fellow,
     wretch
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  n.浪费者;浪子

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     n. 浪费者,饭桶,浪子,废品,流浪者

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