WASTER


Meaning of WASTER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈwā-stər ]

noun

Date: 14th century

1.

a.

(1) : one that spends or consumes extravagantly and without thought for the future

(2) : a dissolute person

b. : one that uses wastefully or causes or permits waste

a procedure that is a waster of time

c. : one that lays waste : destroyer

2. : an imperfect or inferior manufactured article or object

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.